Happy New Year! For me, the holiday break was a time for rest and reflection. My top three reflections are about vision, investment in myself as THE most reliable way to being able to create value for others, and mindset.…
Category: Strategy
Building Better Boards
Through my work with Boards over the past several months, many of the same themes have emerged: lack of clarity around the Board's role, friction between leadership and the Board, disconnects between vision and strategy (even among Board members), questions…
Strategy in turbulent times
At a recent 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…
Business development as fundamental to strategy
The terms "business development" and "sales" are sometimes used interchangeably. Although strong relationship building skills are a prerequisite of both sales and business development, they are distinct activities with very different objectives. "Sales" focuses on immediate commercial pursuits. In contrast,…
Cultivating entrepreneurial hotbeds within organizations
It's hard for many of us to imagine a business functioning well in the absence of a multi-level organizational structure. Many lament silos, yet organizations continue to try to operate with them intact. Can you imagine a product making it…
Read More Cultivating entrepreneurial hotbeds within organizations
