A big part of your job as a leader is to understand and deal with the execution risks within your own organization.
There are lots of drivers of business risk that have to do with external forces…
But execution risk in your organization comes from your people not working the way the business needs them to be working — which you can impact. Read More
As I work with management teams who want to successfully execute a change…
Or to get their organization to step up to a more strategic or scalable way of working…
They often tell me, this is not a new idea, but we need to make it stick this time. Read More
10 IDEAS FROM THE WEBINAR:
LEADING CHANGE
Download the PODCAST to learn:
1. Change is not just for big, special occasions. You always need to think about leading change even when it is not forced upon you. Read More
I also often talk about the importance of “Thinking like a General Manager.”
But, I haven’t really spelled it out…
If you are thinking like a General Manager, what would you be thinking about?
Even if you don’t want to be a General manager…
If you want to make a relevant, significant contribution, and advance your career, you should think like a General Manager — no matter what role or level you are at. Read More
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INTERVIEW WITH
BOB KAPLAN ON STRATEGY
HERE ARE 10 IDEAS BOB SHARED WITH US IN
THIS MONTH’S MEMBER WEBINAR
How do you manage when your budget keeps getting cut, but the expectations don’t?
You need to support 30 percent more products or customers and your budget is flat or down.
The level of quality demanded is higher.
The business is more complex. Read More
I have worked with many different sized companies and one of the universal truths I have seen is that sales people basically hate leads that are generated by marketing.
Unless of course, the “lead” is ready to buy. Read More
Recently I was on the street in a downtown area, and I came across a group of young people with clipboards.
One of them engaged me to share the plight of the polar bears, and all the bad things that are happening to them because of global warming. Read More
An interview with Jim Davis
This week I had an opportunity to interview
Jim Davis, CEO of Verified Person,
technology industry veteran, and a
personal hero and mentor of mine,
on my monthy member webinar.
Download a Podcast of this Interview
Download a Podcast of the Coaching Hour with Jim Davis and me
TOP 10 IDEAS
JIM DAVIS SHARED WITH US
1. Read More
Recently, someone that used to work
in my organization sent me this list.
It is from 1999, when I took the helm of
the HP OpenView software business,
which was about a one billion dollar
business at the time. Read More
