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March 20, 2020March 20, 2020

Defining Strategy

[This post was originally published April 5, 2017, on LinkedIn by Jeff Holman.]

There are a lot of different definitions of strategy. Go ahead and search the internet–you will find an endless list of strategy definitions. Some of them are similar to one another, while others are wildly differenty. My abbreviated definition of strategy is the alignment of actions with objectives. Building on this abbreviated definition, I propose every viable definition of strategy must include at least four basic components.

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

Nine Noble Virtues of the Ancient Vikings: My Daughter’s Scholarship Project

[This post was originally published March 28, 2017, on LinkedIn by Jeff Holman.]

When Whitney, a high school senior with perfect grades and almost-perfect test scores, is on the search for college scholarships, what’s the logical next step? She starts her own scholarship program for fellow students, of course. And just to make it interesting, she plans nine separate character-based scholarships derived from each of the Nine Noble Virtues of the Ancient Vikings, because Viewmont High School’s mascot is the Viking.

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

Looking for Funding? Go to School.

[This post was originally published September 23, 2014, on LinkedIn by Jeff Holman.]

I always advise students to take every opportunity while they are in school. There are very few professionals out there who will turn down a student when asked for a little help or counsel. But once that student status passes, it can be very difficult to get an audience with those same professionals.

March 19, 2020March 19, 2020

Let Dreamers Dream

[This post was originally published by Jeff Holman on September 17, 2014 on LinkedIn]

I once listened to a radio interview where someone said, in essence, “Nobody has the right to destroy a child’s dream.” This instantly rang true to me. I have yet to determine why this message came across so powerfully to me, seemingly out of nowhere. But I have not let the absence of an explanation in any way deteriorate my conviction in the truthfulness of this statement.