[read time: 3 mins] Motivation and inspiration are closely connected to doing meaningful work. For most people, doing meaningful work translates into achieving something either on a personal, local or global level that makes a difference. As business leaders, part of our job is to provide...
This is the time of year when many businesses are deep into strategic planning. It’s the perfect time to talk about the missing piece of the strategy puzzle: execution. The more time you spend focused on strategic planning the more you will start to notice a...
As you start to develop your business strategy for the new year, look at all of the factors that can support it, one of which you might not have linked directly to your strategic initiatives in past years: your company culture. Strategy and culture both affect...
There is no “right” strategic planning methodology that works for every company or organization. In fact, using a blended approach to create a customized methodology will likely yield the best planning framework for you and your company. The question becomes, “Where do I start?” There have...
In the last two decades, efforts to meet the challenge of reducing the complexity of strategic planning brought about two new approaches: The Balanced Scorecard by Kaplan and Norton in 1992 and Mastering the Rockefeller Habits by Verne Harnish in 2002. Both approaches simplify complex plans...
The conversation normally begins like this, “We’ve tried strategic planning in the past but somehow it allows seems to fall by the way side. No matter what method we try, the same result occurs. What are we missing?” From it's military genesis to strategic planning as...
Ten tips for leading businesses in turbulent times There’s no denying these are turbulent times. But there are things that you can do to lead your team and your company to success against the odds. Here are the top 10 things that you can start doing today...
Jeffrey Kearney, one of the Mentors at ViRTUS, send me the link to this TED talk the other day. It's a relatively short video of behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, discussing his own counter intuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings on...
Joel Shapiro emailed me a link to an article that Malcolm Gladwell has written in this week's New Yorker magazine, that takes the story of David versus Goliath and connects it to modern examples of how to change the game in your favour. Here are two...
It's during turbulent times, whether it be the current global economic situation or in times of industry or organization crisis, that CEOs have a tremendous opportunity to pull the people in their organization together towards a common goal. As Francois De La Rochefoucauld said, "there...