In this month’s webinar we talked about the critical difference between tactical progress and strategic progress.
WILL YOUR STRATEGY SUCCEED?
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Your strategy will only succeed if you execute it.
We talked about 4 common things that block organizations from making strategic progress on their business, and what to do about them:
In this month’s webinar we talked about how the most successful people rise above the work and add more value to the business.
WORK MORE STRATEGICALLY
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What Good General Managers Do series
Most strategic planning exercises are doomed from the start by being connected to the annual budget process.
The money always wins.
Strategy is creative. Financial Planning is operational. Strategic and financial planning require different skills, timelines, and different measures of success. Read More
1. Understand what drives the business.
2. Put your work and your communications in that context.
3. This gives you a tremendous advantage. Don’t miss this.
THINK LIKE A GENERAL MANAGER
In this month’s webinar we covered the key aspects of how general managers think, and why it’s important to think like a GM, whether or not you want to be one. Read More
Organizations waste a lot of time communicating badly.
They fall into the trap of talking about things that have already been decided, or not talking when input is genuinely needed.
Executives don’t know all the answers (even if they act like they do). Read More
If I could offer one idea that will have a huge impact on your success and your satisfaction with work, it would be that you give yourself time to think.
(you can stop reading here if you accept that point!) Read More
This is a bit of a diversion from my normal topics, but I know many of you are in technology companies, and pretty much all of you are people…
And I have something to say about this.
I was traveling in Cincinnati recently, and was greeted with the following in my hotel room. Read More
I was working with a CEO and his executive team on their strategy when we came to an interesting point in the day about their needing a game-changing initiative.
The group brainstormed for awhile, and discussed several potential game changers. Read More
Hidden Expense…Uncertainty is a huge hidden expense in your business.
There’s the obvious expense of work not getting done — as uncertainty causes people waiting for decisions instead of working.
But the more damaging and expensive side of uncertainty is the work that gets done the wrong way. Read More
I have been writing a lot recently about the work I do in helping companies identify and deal with execution risks.
One of the biggest issues companies are facing today is that people are simply not in the game. Read More
