CEOs typically drive their organizations to new heights and growth but, in the process can break integration by pitting one group against another. When CEOs encourage their leadership teams to outsmart the competition, it can produce an unhealthy siloing within the organization. Of course, this is rarely the intention but rather an unintended consequence [...]
Great strategy spontaneously emerges at least as often as it’s deliberately planned. New starts and smart starts are often developed in the spur of the moment when ideas are flying! If your idea of strategic planning relies upon a template with a rigid format, you can easily prevent the innovation produced when everyone on [...]
Many business leaders are far less optimistic about the future of their business due to Covid-19 and related changes in the marketplace. Polling our clients and those in our network show that a majority of executives think that the current economic conditions will eventually improve, but it will probably take a year or more to [...]
Ideas are everywhere. What separates a good idea from a successful business is its implementation. Visionary leaders always have many ideas and are often prolific. Because of this, they use a two-step process: 1) vision and 2) action. This direct vision to action style is ideally suited for the first and second stage of business [...]
Challenges are opportunities hiding in plain sight. Many businesses perceive their challenges as very real threats to their long-term health, but they are just opportunities to transform the company into something better. Today’s uncertainty brings leaders new challenges they may not have had to manage before. The absence of a stable future can wreak havoc [...]