Blogs
The Best Gift You Can’t Buy This Season
I received a letter in the mail the other day. It was from my office. Like most of us, I have not been in my…
Strategic Frontiers: Part I – Charting the Horizons
For those of you who are not familiar with the name Dick Fosbury, you may recognize the maneuver—a la strategy innovation—that made him famous: the Fosbury Flop.…
Managing Successful Change: Breakthrough Thinking
When everyone is enrolled in managing change, a breakthrough in thinking is achieved—and it is essential that your change initiative be organized around breakthrough thinking…
Great Business Deals Are Everywhere
Six times each year I chair a day-long CEO forum. CEO’s from different industries collectively work on a specific issue – we call these issues…
21st Century Businesses Depend On Culture To Succeed
Philadelphia, PA May 19, 2016 — Executives today are turning to non-traditional modes of developing and positioning their organization for the 21st century business. Overwhelmingly,…
Breakthrough Performance Requires Breakthrough Promises
‘Under promise and over deliver’ has long been a familiar phrase in business. The premise being that it is better to exceed expectations than to set…
Conversations Allow (Or Disallow) For Success
What conversations are happening within your enterprise, about your enterprise? Chances are good their content are either enabling or unhinging your success. Most people when…
Stop Talking About Employee Engagement
Want higher employee engagement? Stop talking about employee engagement. The argument about the importance of employee engagement is over. While there is certainly a continuum…
Managing Successful Change: Building a Coalition
An organization’s ability to manage change quickly and efficiently is imperative to its ability to unlock and maintain a competitive edge, year over year. Regardless…
Creativity And Innovation Cannot Ward Off Complacency
Complacency creeps into the most unassuming organizations, including those that operate with creativity and innovation. Consider the buggy whip. What a great business that must…
Breakthrough Performance: The Hidden Power of Language
Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides. (Rita Mae Brown, Starting From Scratch) Transformational leaders utilize this “hidden power” of language…
How A 40-headed CEO Transformed An Enterprise
Would you be brave enough to let your executive management team make decisions on your behalf? Because enterprise transformation was at stake, one bold leader created…