During the past several years, I have observed more and more leaders learning the true value of their leadership teams and employees. With all of the changes taking place in the marketplace, we have come to appreciate the value of human contact and discussion. Aren’t you glad we can now start going places and [...]
Wouldn’t it be great if we could decide just six things each day that would lead to our success? Well, we can. The result of these critical questions would mean that instead of getting stuck in a strategic challenge, we could find a way to unclog, unblock, and release us from what holds us [...]
Strategic planning came into its own during the 1950s and 1960s and has grown into an annual event for organizations of all types, including for profit and nonprofit. The strategic planning process places tremendous pressure on leaders and their teams in terms of time and resources. There are innumerable factors to weigh, such as [...]
Achieving sustainable and scalable sales is the natural output of a successful broad analysis of factors. A PEST Analysis is commonly used to assess extremely broad factors of Political, Economic, Socio-demographic (social), and Technological. These four factors apply significant pressure and influence on a business’s current and future prospects. Knowing what will provide an [...]
Scalability is the natural output of a successfully sustained organization. A healthy organization can weather the storms that often arise from fast growth and is not hampered by a lack of financial resources or internal operational dysfunction. The past decade’s technology has allowed many different types of organizations to increase their growth rate as [...]
Your personal strategic elevation usually determines what you produce. The earth’s physical gravity naturally pulls us down just as our failure to develop our leadership ability can. What we think about drives what we typically produce. Trying to develop the best next thing often requires both a right and left brain effort that can [...]
Rethinking strategy is the single most important priority for any leader. Malcolm Gladwell once said, “Transformation isn’t about improving, it’s about rethinking.” I couldn’t agree more. I wrote a book called “Rethink: An Inside Look at Smart Organizational Strategy” here. COVID-19 has been particularly unkind to businesses following patterns of operations and strategy that [...]
No one in business today has escaped the dramatic impact of COVID-19. For most companies, the current atmosphere has changed how they conduct their business, and for those who provide goods and services to travel, entertainment, hospitality and many more have had to adapt and change direction. How you manage change will determine your [...]
Culture is one of the mysteries that organizations struggle to define and improve. If you have ever worked in a high-functioning organization, you know that its employees are happy, fulfilled and motivated to excel without being pushed by their manager. These organizations have improved customer service, have increased overall sales and revenue, and improved [...]
Quantitative data is essential to determine the performance of an organization. It tells you where you have been and is an excellent predictor of where you might end up if you don't change your strategic direction. But you need to ensure that quantitative data doesn't become the sole basis of making strategic decisions. This [...]