Operating in a Global Economy is not for the weak. Organizations need to be fit. Fit for the sprints. Fit for the marathons. Fit for the heavy lifting that comes with a perfectly primed pipeline of raw materials from strategic sources, WIP between plants and finished goods ready for customer... Read more...
My family can tell you that I consider myself one of the great armchair innovators. Among the many things I believe I invented before they were actually invented is the Keurig coffee dispenser, Netflix (streaming AND original content), and the Amazing Race. The problem I always told myself was that ... Read more...
One of the greatest challenges of helping organizations with Change Management is that they often believe they are already doing it. After all, if you have a good leadership team that communicates with employees, they must be capable of leading change. But when you dig down and ask the leaders wh... Read more...
It is challenging to get people’s attention in this age of information overload. If the title of this article got your attention, it probably means you are experiencing the turbulent environment of overwhelm and change that many companies of all sizes are experiencing today. Do you ever feel like ... Read more...
“If we don’t change, our business will continue to decline, but our people resist,” or “We are facing a disruption and we need to change, but our culture does not permit it. When I hear this from a leader, the question I pose is, “What are YOU prepared to do?” They feel they h... Read more...
How would you adjust to transferring from a self contained organization with a command and control leadership style to one with a distributed leadership style? How would you adapt? How would you prepare? And how would you be received? This is exactly what happened to me when I reported to be the ... Read more...
"In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower When you start a new business, it is like climbing a mountain. You have a goal in mind and generally understand what you need to achieve. Develop the idea, raise the mo... Read more...
Purpose Driven Strategy has become a prime topic of management in the last decade due in no small part to the popular books like Start with Why by Simon Sinek; Firms of Endearment by Raj Sisodia; Leading with Purpose by Mark Koehler; Purpose: The Starting Point of Great Companies, by Nikos Mourkogia... Read more...
An Introduction to Baldrige with the Southwest Alliance for Excellence (SWAE) Southwest Alliance for Excellence (SWAE) members Carl Herring and Karen Shephard provide an in-depth introduction to the Baldrige framework of business transformation and it's application. With the mission to empower orga... Read more...
Organizations are struggling to keep up with the increasing pace of change. Our experience working with companies of all types show some consistent and growing issues: Not time to plan or strategize because of constant firefighting An increasing inability to implement or realize value from c... Read more...
Leaders play a critical and essential role in the large and complex business equation. The ‘game’ of business changes daily and leaders around the globe are faced with situations when their business stalls for reasons hard to identify. When this happens, most leaders are quick to look at the com... Read more...
Radically Practical Strategies for Leading in a Climate of Change and Disruption: Creating Real Commitment & Accountability is a group coaching program for senior level leaders that want to ensure that their organizations and teams don’t just survive but thrive in today’s business climate. ... Read more...