Many organizations use the acronym SMART to define how goals are best defined, where SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-based. In fact, I myself used SMART goal setting as an employee and as a manager. Now, as…
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Strategy in turbulent times
At a 2019 Drucker Conference on ecosystem strategy, I heard one panelist say "Strategic planning is dead." Nothing could be further from the truth. Strategic planning as we have been taught it in management schools is dead - it has…
Total compensation: key to effective strategy execution
Total compensation has always been an essential component of a company’s strategy. It is gaining importance now, as people re-evaluate their individual situations. Work and life have truly become integrated elements in people's lives through the pandemic, as many were…
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Ecosystem strategy: Your questions answered!
During the most recent training workshop I gave on ecosystem strategy development, three questions were raised which I hear often, namely: where to start? Whom to include? and ...how to actually get people to show up? Here are my thoughts…
Small business, big leadership lesson
I received a phone call from the owner of the landscaping company that is doing some work in our yard. He asked whether I was happy with the results so far, to which I responded that I was. His next…