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What is Strategy?
Essence (noun): the basic, real, and invariable nature of a thing. This definition makes one ponder, what truly is the essence... The post What...
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Lead at Your Level
How many managers in your organization are wasting their time and talent performing tasks that they should be delegating? Research... The post...
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Designing Your Strategic Road Map
“We’re on a road to nowhere, come on inside. Taking that ride to nowhere, we’ll take that ride.” Talking Heads If... The post Designing...
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The Origin of Strategy
As we celebrate the Declaration of Independence on July 4th,, it can be a time to reflect on origins. While... The post The Origin of Strategy...
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What’s Your Strategic Approach?
“Business leadership, business acumen, and business strategy development—these three areas of expertise are considered non-negotiable:...
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5 Steps to Better Virtual Meetings
So how are your virtual meetings going? Are they creating valuable new insights for the business or are they a series... The post 5 Steps...
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Is It Time to Change Your Strategy?
In times like this, leaders are frequently asking the question, “Should I change my strategy?” Research by The Conference Board......
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Remote Work Requires Real Strategy
For those who have transitioned from working in an office to working remotely, it quickly becomes apparent if your team... The post Remote Work...
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Podcast Interview with the Productivity Guru
Check out my conversation with Productivity Guru @markstruczewski on his podcast. He’s a real pro and provides great content on... The...
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Plan to Succeed
It’s in times like these that the value of a plan becomes clear. For those without a plan, recent events... The post Plan to Succeed...
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Crushing the Competition with Disruptive Strategy
A tsunami is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of... The post Crushing the Competition with...
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Is Jargon Killing Your Mission, Vision and Values?
When you consider your group’s purpose, is it clearly and compellingly reflected in mission, vision and values statements? If your... The...
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Build Your Business Framework
How often have you seen someone stuck in the tactical weeds of the business? Mired in minutia, they busy themselves... The post Build Your...
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Santa Claus is Coming to Town…and He Has a Strategy
He’s making a list He’s checking it twice He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice Santa Claus is... The post...
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Developing a Common Approach to Strategic Thinking
New research with 400 talent management leaders found the following results: Less than half (44.3%) of organizations have a common... The post...
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Strategy Demands Differentiation
One of the reasons so many organizations are struggling is because their offerings are not differentiated from the competition. The... The post...
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The Strategy Off-Site Meeting
It’s ironic that business strategy is designed to clarify a group’s direction, but the meetings to discuss it can often... The post The...
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Deconstructing Frankenstrategy
As the cool, white fog covers the ground on Halloween, beware the creatures lurking in the shadows of your company’s... The post Deconstructing...
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Plan-tober
1. The plan is updated with new insights throughout the year to remain relevant. 2. The plan clearly identifies a... The post Plan-tober...
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Strategic Thinking Can Be Scary
As the month of October welcomes cool crisp nights filled with the smell of bonfires in the air, Halloween lurks... The post Strategic Thinking...
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Beware the Business Modelectomytes!
At the core of a company is the business model. While the business model receives the white-hot spotlight of attention... The post Beware the...
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Extinguishing Your Team’s Fire Drills
A fire drill occurs when people stop purposeful work guided by their plan and react to an urgent but less... The post Extinguishing Your...
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Watch Out For the Meeting Menace!
Bad meetings are a sign of a lack of strategic thinking. Since managers spend approximately 40% of their time in... The post Watch Out For the...
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Strategic Thinking Can Squash Status Quo-Lock
Is your team living Albert Einstein’s description of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different... The post...
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Camp Strategy: Developing Competencies and Capabilities
Summertime brings back memories of camp. As a young boy, all my friends went to a beautiful wooded summer camp... The post Camp Strategy:...