Make More Time
This month’s topic in my Executive Mentoring Group is Make More Time.
The goal here is to create 2 or more hours a week for yourself to have time to think, plan, work on strategic priorities — or get a little life back! Read More
Category: Strategy Execution
Will your strategy get executed?
Why do strategies stall?
I wrote a whole book (MOVE) about this question and how to deal with it.
But today I want to talk specifically about a very simply test you can use to make sure your strategy is executable. Read More
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 business, “What is the current headcount in my organization?”
He said, “How accurate an answer do you need?”
I said, “What do you mean?”. Read More
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 cost of doing a GREAT job from the cost of doing an OK job.
Here’s what I mean. You are the expert. Read More
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, change or improve something in our work and life.
One of the things I find so interesting (and mostly annoying) is that just because you decide you want do something new or better, the rest of the world does not back off and start behaving in a less challenging, tempting or unreasonable way. Read More
Chaos Doesn’t Scale
Why companies get stuck
The thing that keeps many companies from scaling is that they try to keep doing everything that they started.
This is common occurrence because early in the life of the company, you kind of have to do everything. Read More
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 the one issue that seems epidemic, is that people are all too busy.
I see three underlying issues that cause people to get and stay too busy. Read More
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 get to spend your time.
I have never met a CEO who was not surprised at how much time they DON’T get to spend running the company. Read More
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 listens to you!
As executives, we like to think that when we have just announced a compelling new strategy, initiative, or transformation, that people not only listened, but have internalized it, and are ready to take action. Read More
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 their organizations. They prefer a “just go do it” type of interaction.
I have written about this here on the blog as well as in my book MOVE and even gave a TEDx talk about the value of unstructured conversation in successfully driving strategy. Read More
