In the changing business landscape knowing how to build and manage a strategy that wins is essential. As we all know now, the pandemic happened overnight and the workforce and business landscape changed suddenly. In part, due to a combination of global events, existing businesses needed to quickly change gears. The writing was on [...]
Whether you’re a young CEO or a very experienced one, there are specific things that truly successful CEOs know how to do well. They know how to build a fantastic team. They focus on what matters. And as a result, they know how to grow their business. These three things are common to all [...]
For the past 18 months, people have felt a strong need to make things happen: To improve things by developing more innovative strategies. At a recent client meeting, a CEO of a B2B middle-market company talked about his struggle to build market share. This is a widespread business problem many CEOs face, if not [...]
Companies today are in a transition brought on by the global pandemic, and its aftermath impact on business, society, and all of the interrelated organizations is incalculable. Transitions are now a key aspect of any organization’s change process. Just ask any CEO of any business if they are rethinking their organizational strategy and the [...]
Implementing meaningful, lasting change takes time for any organization. But all too often, leaders rush to evaluate the change they're trying to make and become discouraged because they don't see an immediate impact. Although this is understandable from a human nature perspective, it isn't realistic to think you can change in weeks what took years [...]
Building a sustainable business requires the organization’s full cooperation. While every company handles strategic situations differently, all want to leverage their strongest leaders and ideas in a way that sustains the business and fuels its growth into the future. Realigning a business is a complex project, but a successful organizational transition does not focus [...]
It happened so fast. With one quick COVID-19 jolt, everything about businesses, their strategy, plans, and even their products and go-to-market strategy had to change. Many had been in business for nearly a decade. For example, one company had a slow start during the first several years, they had achieved modest growth in revenue [...]
Unleashing a spirit of entrepreneurship can happen anywhere, but it doesn’t typically happen by accident. It requires a specific environment where innovation, collaboration, cooperation, and regionally-based support systems are aligned to create the synergy that produces economic impact. A thriving and continually evolving entrepreneurial ecosystem requires integrated components, a commitment by community leadership and [...]
If you don't have a strategic plan to grow your company or if you operate without a written strategic plan, your competition has a message for you: Thank you! A lack of planning is the number one reason growth stagnates companies, regardless of their type or size. Simply maintaining the status quo is a warning sign that [...]
Blind Spots. We all have them. Our business areas where we don’t have a clear idea of what is happening while we are leading the business. You know the term well from driving. Blind spots are the road areas around our vehicle that cannot be seen while looking forward or through the rear-view or [...]