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Why Activity Alone Isn't Enough

Sometimes doing more, faster and better isn't enough by itself. Why else must business leaders know to create the desired results?READ»

Directors Increasingly Tarnished Image: A New Solution

Perceptions of directors have taken a nosedive over the last few years, yet the vast majority of directors are very serious and diligent about their responsibilities. It's as though there is a strong need for a scapegoat for our troubles and what better than the "Scrooges" of business.READ»

A Non-Profit Discovers Its Soulful Purpose

What stories can you create that will have people stampeding in your direction?READ»

Who Is To Blame?

We continue to hear people calling for the business community to be more accountable for their actions. Nowhere is this stronger than in the relationship business has with our environment, our planet, and its resources.READ»

How Does Your Garden Grow?

What kind of energy are you transmitting?READ»

Executing an Innovation Strategy

What kind of strategy do you use to manage change?READ»

Are You Improving or Innovating? Knowing Makes a Difference

Innovating is like retooling a production line WHILE it's running.READ»

Employ the Unemployed

Are your hiring practices outdated?READ»

Sorry, Mr. Welch.

Like all of us, I rely heavily on the media's representation of the facts. In a number of articles I have penned recently, I ascribed the birthing of the "shareholder value" movement to comments made by Jack Welch. I was wrong in assuming this was accurate.READ»

Change Efforts Fail Over 70% of the Time - Why?

There are many reasons why efforts to transform and change an organization fail. I think these are actually symptoms of a more fundamental flaw: the very paradigm we hold of organizations. The current paradigm is that an organization is a machine of production. READ»

What Jack Welch Started, Jeff Immelt Ends

The end of financial engineering?READ»

Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Transparency?

Did the exposure of the thousands of documents revealing the private negotiations of very sensitive and delicate positions among world leaders advance our world or set it back?READ»

Companies Who Care Outperform All Others – Why?

Why do companies who focus on caring at a deep level for all stakeholders out perform the majority of companies who are operating according to well-honed, time-tested business practices? READ»

Do You Want Alignment or Compliance?

Whether the organization is a large corporation, a small work group or two partners--alignment is critical. But what exactly is alignment, and how do we achieve it?READ»

Effective Decision Making – Why So Many Are Avoided

Most people are terrible about making decisions. READ»

Three Keys to Manifesting Your Success

Manifestation is a process of transforming energy from its source state to your desired results - learn how to harness this energy to achieve success.READ»

President as COO: In Your Face Execution

 “He’ll sit [in the Oval Office], and he’ll say, ‘Do this! Do that!’ And nothing will happen. Poor Ike—it won’t be a bit like the Army. He’ll find it very frustrating.” That sentiment expressed by Harry ...READ»

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The Importance of Strategic Compass in Demand Flow & Innovation

A Note to Our Readers: In this installment, my Quantum Leaders colleague, Gregg Gallagher, contributes another post from our Quantum Thinking blog which continues our "Strategic Planning is Dead" dialogue. Gregg talks more about the ...READ»

If You Snooze You Lose: Real-Time Execution Wave & The Speed of Innovation

A Note to Our Readers:  In this installment, my Quantum Leaders colleague, Gregg Gallagher, contributes another post from our Quantum Thinking blog which continues our "Strategic Planning is Dead" ...READ»

Strategic Planning is Dead - Long Live Strategy Execution

WARNING:  If your environment doesn’t change much and the way you do business today is fundamentally the way you will be doing business in the next 5 – 10 years – DO NOT READ THIS!In a recent blog post, I declared ...READ»