Strategic planning is a key process for driving change, growth, and value creation in an organization. Business strategy defines where and how to compete. The strategic planning process provides a discipline for understanding customer needs, the...
Read moreLeadership Drives Focus
Focus is a necessary discipline of any organization. In order to achieve goals and objectives efficiently and effectively, the organization must be focused. Without focus the likely result is either stagnation or confusion and chaos. In a recent...
Read moreStrategy Focuses Effort
One of the primary benefits of business strategy is providing focus for the organization. Without strategy to serve as the mantra, the organization can wander into chaos as people pull in different directions or as a stream of new priorities...
Read moreThe Value of Vulnerability
Vulnerability. The word alone is enough to make some of us uncomfortable. Yet, vulnerability is a necessary ingredient of any relationship of depth and value. If we recognize that effective leadership is based in relationship rather than...
Read moreStrategy Sets Direction
One of the main purposes of business strategy is setting direction. The strategy defines the course of the organization required to achieve its goals and objectives and move cohesively forward. Business strategy is a statement of where and how...
Read moreLead Up, Down, and Sideways
Mention leadership and oftentimes people think only in terms of leading as a position. They might think of an elected official, an executive, or someone else that has a position in which they are expected to lead. But leadership is quite separate...
Read moreAn Example of Leading Sideways
Leadership is influence in order to achieve a vision or goal. In a recent article we described the advantages of leading up, down, and sideways. Carrying that idea further, the following article describes an experience of leading sideways. In the...
Read moreHealthy Leaders Have Needs Also
As a leader, have you ever had times when you felt emotionally spent or empty? That the well had run dry? It is not unusual for a leader to reach a point where they feel like they have used all of their emotional energy and have nothing left to...
Read moreAttitude Drives Action
In leadership a positive attitude has many benefits, both personally and corporately. It makes the leader more productive. It influences those around us to lift their attitude and helps them be more productive. We are no doubt familiar with...
Read moreGeneric Strategies
The concept of generic strategies was popularized by the book “Competitive Strategy” from Michael Porter in 1980. These are not business strategies in the sense that they do not provide clarity and definition of the strategic direction of a...
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