Strategy Execution

The cost of asking a question

A simple question... One time when I was running a large corporate organization, I asked the financial analyst in the…

6 years ago

The cost difference between OK and GREAT

Remember, Great isn't Cheap I see leaders setting themselves up for failure and credibility loss when they don’t differentiate the…

6 years ago

How do you Invest your time?

New year, same pressures Well it's the new year, and the new year often comes with a desire to renew,…

6 years ago

Chaos Doesn’t Scale

Why companies get stuck The thing that keeps many companies from scaling is that they try to keep doing everything…

6 years ago

Busy is a choice

Through my work, I talk to many people (exeucitves, mid-level managers, and individuals) in many different companies and industries, and…

6 years ago

Corporate Crap: Don’t forget to budget time

Ambitious Intentions Think about the difference between the work you intend to do as an executive, and how you actually…

6 years ago

Creating conversation that drives action

Communication vs. Conversation One of the big aha's of my career as a business executive, is that no one actually…

6 years ago

Did you have the fight yet?

Something that has been on my mind recently is that so many executives are reluctant to have real conversations with…

7 years ago

Collectively Admiring the Problem

Talk vs. Action There is a specific and unfortunately common type of corporate behavior where people substitute sounding smart in…

7 years ago

The hidden (and most important) information in every organization

What is really happening here? In my recent TEDx talk: Reclaiming Humanity at Work, I told a story about how…

7 years ago