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Business' ACCE in the Hole

Former house speaker Tip O’Neill famously stated that “all politics is local.” The same might be said for the business of running a chamber of commerce.

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Who's in Charge?

For decades, civic delegations from around the country have been traveling to Chattanooga to learn about our city's remarkable renaissance.

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Planning plus Leadership equals Implementation

I know of a CEO at a Fortune 400 Company who became weary of planning exercises and so decided to re-name his company's Strategic Planning Committee to the Strategic Doing Committee. On one hand, you have to wonder exactly what they would be doing, having no plan. But, at the same time, you have to sympathize with the attitude that planning isn't worth much if it doesn't lead to some doing.

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