Let’s face it, executing business strategy is a real pain to sustain. Even from day to day, let alone from month to month and quarter to quarter. For starters, executing strategy takes a solid process and a lot of professional discipline. Then, strategy is dependent on commitment to that strategy: yours, your team’s and your… [Continue Reading]
These 2 Skills make Executing Business Strategy less Difficult
When Professional Elitism becomes a divisive Workplace Force
Professional elitism is alive and well in far too many startups, businesses, associations and larger organizations. I won’t even get into the role(s) it plays in academia. Where do pockets of professional elitism exist in your own organization? This elitism takes many different forms. Often, it is communicated both subtly, as well as overtly. Unfortunately,… [Continue Reading]
2 Reasons Why Absentee Landlord Leadership is not Leadership at All
Have you encountered an organization with absentee landlord leadership? Regardless of whether you sell, engineer or serve clients, there are 2 scenarios I have encountered when working with small to mid-sized companies (SMBs). These situations always raise the red flag that I am observing absentee landlord leadership. And in my Leadership Playbook, that is not… [Continue Reading]
Why being Risk Focused impedes Opportunity Discovery
You are risk focused. And that’s a good thing. To a point. Your commitment to identifying risk should be a means to an end or outcome. However, a problem is created when being risk focused becomes an end in itself. First, risk is a great way to impede uncovering opportunities. Then, as your professional perspective… [Continue Reading]
Why 4 Leadership Misassumptions keep SMBs Good Enough
Leadership misassumptions happen. Let’s face it. Nobody’s perfect. Especially when the SMB leadership goal is to be “good enough.” Frequently, misassumptions happen when leadership teams have worked together for a long time. And the company does well. In fact, a company performs well enough to lull their leadership team into making 4 big misassumptions. The… [Continue Reading]
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