From the category archives:
Never fear, I have not become a horticulturist! Yet, I can’t help but draw a parallel. How many times on a hot sunny day (I know it’s winter, but imagine!) have you wished you had planted that nice Oak shade tree by the patio, or in front of the big bay window that is letting [...]
Sounds simple, right? Yet, how many of us would reluctantly admit that in this crazy busy world, more often than not, we ready, fire, aim? Just today I was working with a client– a business of 30 people–all of whom are talented and stretched too thin. Before the holidays we recognized the need to create a procedure [...]
When I speak with CEO’s around the country, I ask them to rank which of the following four issues gives them the biggest challenge: 1) defining the relevant market, 2) creating a purposeful culture, 3) crafting an effective growth strategy or 4) strategic implementation. Would it surprise you to learn that CEO’s find the most [...]
The New Year is just around the corner and to be sure you get off to a bang…this blog offers a series of steps you can take, one a day, to be sure you are prepared. See part one here. There are 11 days left… Day 11: Call an employee meeting and ask for feedback [...]
There are now 16 days between today and your clean slate–you know, the new year when you are sure you will be able to turn a page, charge the motor and get going on a great set of objectives, plans and projects to make 2012 the best year ever. So how will you do that? What [...]
Lately, I have become attracted to the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, and written about the science of baseball. Much to traditionalists’ dismay, it makes a convincing argument that baseball can be broken down into meaningful statistics….. but the ones that count aren’t the ones [...]
Would it surprise you if I told you that most businesses don’t know what they really want? Business leaders have no hesitation saying how big they want to be or how profitable. But when asked what their company will be doing in ten years, they don’t really know unless it is some extension of what they are [...]
Yes, folks, chronic inconsistency is a disease like chronic high cholesterol. Unfortunately too many of us are afflicted. It goes by different names; perhaps you have heard of it as the “flavor of the week” or the “new shiny object”. Regardless what we call it, it has deadly consequences. Chronic inconsistency occurs when there is [...]
Who doesn’t? As we take stock of how we can best help our friends and clients succeed in 2012, we thought about all of the most common pitfalls companies face. Our goal is to help as many companies as possible– by giving encouragement and by offering solutions for the biggest challenges you face in a [...]
In is well known that the execution, or rather the lack of it, is the number one reason plans fail. In fact, as many as 70% of plans fail due to poor execution, and plans that succeed realize only 63% of their proposed value. As I speak to CEOs around the country so many struggle [...]
