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more comfortable gravitating toward tactics
because they do tend to be tangible. Take a look
at some of the sales and marketing plans in your
organization. What’s the level of confusion
between these terms?
A simple way to define these key planning
terms is as follows:
• Goal: What you are trying to achieve (general)
• Objective: What you are trying to achieve
(specific)
• Strategy: How to achieve the goal/objective
(general)
• Tactic: How to achieve the goal/objective
(specific)
Barrier Buster #2: Provide sales and
marketing managers with a common language
for the key planning terms.
Great strategies come from great strategists.
Are you developing them? I

Rich Horwath is the author of five strategy books including, Deep Dive: The Proven Method for Building Strategy, and is the CEO of
the Strategic Thinking Institute. Email Rich at rich@strategyskills.com.

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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013
From the President: Why Does Innovation Matter to Training?
Contents
Guest Editor: The Importance of Training Analytics
Front of the Room: Focus on Intention
Conference Recap
Merck's Global Learning Transformation
Building a World-Class Training Organization
Neuroscience and Learning: Lighting up the Brain
iPad Training: The NFL Playbook
3D Models for Marketing Medical Devices
Tactical or Strategic?
Is Your Elevator Pitch Ready?
Virtual How
Member News
World-Class Training Pull Through
Ad Index
Focus Contacts
5 Questions: 5 Questions with ... Dan Pink
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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - From the President: Why Does Innovation Matter to Training?
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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Contents
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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 10
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Guest Editor: The Importance of Training Analytics
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 12
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Front of the Room: Focus on Intention
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Conference Recap
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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 16
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Merck's Global Learning Transformation
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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 19
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Building a World-Class Training Organization
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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 22
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 23
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Neuroscience and Learning: Lighting up the Brain
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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 27
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - iPad Training: The NFL Playbook
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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 3D Models for Marketing Medical Devices
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 31
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Tactical or Strategic?
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 33
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 34
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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Is Your Elevator Pitch Ready?
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 37
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Virtual How
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Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 40
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Member News
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - World-Class Training Pull Through
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 43
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Ad Index
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - Focus Contacts
Focus Magazine - Summer 2013 - 5 Questions: 5 Questions with ... Dan Pink
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