The results of a strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats analysis are most often displayed within a four-corner, or horizontal, matrix design. The internal-external matrix is based an an ...

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Short for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, the SWOT analysis can provide a powerful framework for personal growth and, more specifically, leadership development. The Fast Company ...

While two companies may be in completely different fields and have different business models, they will share some business-related aspects of their operations. No matter how they perform their work, ...

We all roll our eyes at the mention of a SWOT (Strengths, Opportunities, Weaknesses, and Threats) analysis. But SWOT is such a great way of organizing your group’s thoughts around what’s going well, ...

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According to the U.S. Small Business Association, roughly 50% of all businesses fail within their first year. There is no shortage of “Top Ten Reasons Why Businesses Fail” lists so I won’t go into ...

I advised one of my clients to walk away from $75 million in revenue. Yes, that’s bold, but this particular client has a large amount of business at very low margins, less than $500,000 of net income ...

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