Over the course of my blogging career, I have enjoyed coining some unique language to describe some of the concepts and practices of successful strategic leaders as well as terms that describe common mistakes. Here is a dictionary of sorts. If the words or phrases intrigue you, please click on them to read more. Each is connected to [...]
This is part 2 of a two-part blog. To read part 1, click here. The number one goal is to understand the importance of leadership and spend time leading the organization, not just running it. In my thirty years of business management experience, there is a list of leadership “sins” committed every day by well-intentioned [...]
We all get caught up in the gravity of day to day business–the forces that keep us where we are today. We repeat our processes, our systems “lock us in” to doing business a certain way, our training is teaching the same skills and knowledge as last year, and then we wonder why growth is [...]
Well, I admit I don’t have accurate stats on swine flu but it appears that while it is very prevalent, it has not been as devastating as expected as the vast majority of patients recover. Unfortunately, me-too-ness can be far more crippling as most companies don’t even know they have the disease. Here are the [...]