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One of my favorite annual business traditions is our team strategic planning day. It’s a day when we reflect on the past year and look forward to the new year, visualizing what we want to accomplish ...

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Any CEO will tell you that they want a better brand, more social media followers, and increased sales. Beyond that, they tend to depend on their marketing department to figure out the concrete steps ...