Assessment of the situation to devise a game plan for things to come to fruition.
What can modern business leaders learn from Einstein’s Annus Mirabilis papers, published in 1905? Plenty! At a minimum, CEOs can develop a way of thinking about an organization’s resources and potential for competitive advantage in the way that Einstein imagined a physical property’s mass and potential energy. Let’s recall…drawing from his theory of special relativity, […]
Paul Nourigat An unprecedented wave of staff turnover will rock most industries for the next 15 years. The retirement of CEOs, their direct reports and many highly skilled positions will create an unprecedented vacuum of human capital. As the economy improves and productivity improvement tapers off, robotics and sourcing strategies will hit their ceiling and
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In my work, I frequently engage in a broad-based leadership development program to prepare top talent for advancement. That was the case when I recently worked with a large construction company to groom Mike, one of the presidents, and Joe, the lead risk officer, for advancement. During the 360 peer interviews I asked Mike how
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30 million presentations are given every day. 90% are unbearable. Included in these numbers are countless CEO presentations. CEO’s speak to their Board, Bank, and other CEO’s. Sometimes they even speak to their employees in companywide meetings. How does an otherwise dynamic CEO become boring as a speaker? Keith Dambrot, says it this way, “the worst
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In any business that is interested in growing, expanding and or just staying ahead of the competition the leadership needs employees to be engaged to help drive their business objectives. Not new news! But let’s take a deeper look at engagement and understand the underpinnings. First off, there has to be an environment of “trust”
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Scott McKain The more I research it, the more obvious it becomes. Bad businesses – regardless of the industry or size, from Wall Street to Main Street – do not have customers who are raving fans. How do you connect with customers in a profound manner, regardless of the size of your business? You have
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Mergers, acquisitions, downsizing, and growth all require an unprecedented need for information about key executives and a framework for assessing the competencies required to lead people during extraordinary times. Yet, even with the revolving doors at the top of many companies spinning faster than ever, organizations still overlook opportunities to develop talent from the bottom
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I remember before the birth of my first baby girl, Grace, in 2002. My husband and I were so excited to be expecting our first child. We decided we did not want to find out if the baby was going to be a boy or a girl until she was born. That’s when the judgments
Mark Faust How much untapped potential lies within your business? If all the stars were to align and you had every tool you needed, if you made every effort possible, and if innovations yet to be thought of were implemented, how much more do you think you and your team as a whole could realistically
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Mark Faust Planning is planning and strategy is strategy, but to say that planning strategically, or “strategic planning” is a call of management is a bit of an oxy moron or at least a practice for the moronic. People claiming to be consultants who facilitate strategic planning probably don’t know the most rudimentary aspects of
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