Taking the ‘safe’ route when crafting strategy can create unforeseen and undesirable outcomes. While it may seem intuitive to take advantage of emerging opportunities while avoiding risks, it may ‘cost’ much more to a company’s vitality and health. … Read more »
While knowledge and competence are important, wisdom enables better decisions and more effective action, leading to much greater impact and success. … Read more »
Far too often, businesses will invest significant time and effort into creating and implementing an innovative strategy, only to see it flounder from the lack of effective leadership. Here are some key behaviours that can be leveraged for success…… Read more »
More than ever, uniting your organization around a common vision is critical to successful change in today’s rapidly changing workplace. These seven key attributes will turn your company’s vision into engaging narrative.… Read more »
Complacency stalks your team and organization, particularly when times are good. But it’s a dangerous belief – it’s also one that the market, your clients and other competitors will be sure to demolish. To keep your edge, and avoid unintended complacency, here are some key actions that you can take.… Read more »
With so many organizations undergoing change these days, it’s not surprising that leaders are pulling out all the stops to ensure that they’re successfully adapting and thriving in today’s marketplace.… Read more »
Before you begin setting goals for the year ahead, it’s important to have a clear vision of the end result and what ‘success’ really means.… Read more »
Over the past two weeks, three senior leaders in different companies have inquired about their desire to update a key aspect of their business. It seems that as summer winds… Read more »
As part of a recent strategy session, I found my client leadership team wrestling with the dilemma of which stakeholders to involve, and to what degree, in getting additional perspective… Read more »
Many of us in business have never really learned how to say “no”. Put these five strategies into practice to improve your ability to say no and avoid overcommitting.… Read more »
The varied approaches of holiday shoppers share some key similarities to those adopted by business leaders. Here’s 5 points to consider for your organization’s strategy in the New Year.… Read more »
In response to persistent and incorrect rumors, Mark Twain once wrote at the cusp of the 20th century – ‘reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated’. Along the same… Read more »
In my experience, leadership teams get together every so often to discuss strategy in dedicated one, two or three day sessions. These ‘events’ are usually fairly structured with set agendas… Read more »
In my work with leadership teams on strategy, we inevitably get to a place where implementation is the next step in the process. And, as David Maister points out in… Read more »
Building Stronger Alliances: 5 Key Questions for Success It’s obvious these days that organizations of all types, across all sectors, are squeezed to get more value from the resources that… Read more »
Focusing on the Experience – Five Strategies to Enhance Project Success Each year, as spring takes hold, I find myself mentally summarizing all the projects that I could or should… Read more »
How many times have you found yourself wandering around the aisles looking for that ‘right’ bottle of wine for a special occasion, house party or special dinner with friends? Stymied… Read more »
Some of my favourite Strategy Renewal books include: Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works Lafley/Martin, Harvard Business Review Press This bestseller outlines the strategic approach Lafley, in close… Read more »
