“Wherever you are, make sure you’re there.” – Dan Sullivan Most businesses make at least some effort to put together some kind of vision & plan for their future. They’ll talk about products & services, customers, markets, and a hundred other things. They’ll try to figure out what the government’s going to do, what they’re … Read more
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” – Winston Churchill I’ve spent some time lately speaking with various groups about change, things that drive successful change, things you can do to be better at making change, etc. I’ve run across a common theme with a number of those groups. It isn’t … Read more
“Indiscriminate action is a form of laziness.” – Tim Ferriss Last week in this space we talked about the importance of doing what matters, how you need to know WHERE you’re going so you know what to focus on, how you need to get those non-critical things off your plate. I heard from a few … Read more
“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.” – Winston Churchill It goes without saying that leaders today are faced with sometimes overwhelming amounts of change. The things our customers value have changed and continue to evolve. The way those customers want to buy is markedly … Read more
“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” – Henri-Louis Bergson One of the realities of life for most people is the search for a plateau. When you hear people talk about the future, a big portion of what they say usually involves comments … Read more
“Change is disturbing when it is done to us. Change is exhilarating when it is done by us.” – Rosabeth Kanter I’m fortunate to spend a lot of my career with leadership teams who are working on the future of their organizations. We’ll talk about products and people and competitors, about growth and profit, etc. … Read more
“Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” – Rumi In our part of the world, today is a holiday, so I’ll keep this short. Whether it’s a holiday where you are or not, make a point to give your mind a rest & tell it to calm down. … Read more
“Blessed are the flexible, for they will not be bent out of shape.” – Anonymous I’ve been fortunate over the past few weeks to spend a lot of time with some really great business leaders thinking about and working on the future. We’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure out WHERE each of … Read more
“Some of us have great runways already built for us, and if you have one, just take off. But if you don’t have one, it’s your job to grab the shovel.” – Amelia Earhart One of the inescapable realities of life is that we are constantly presented with barriers to overcome. In our businesses it … Read more
“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.” – Warren G. Bennis I recently was fortunate enough to work with a business that wanted to significantly change their culture. I’ll spare the details, but it’s sufficient to say things were not good and management wanted a change. Part of the process involved working with … Read more
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