Welcome to my business leadership blog.
Leadership development articles and advice you can actually use
effective leadership communication strategies deconstructed (and powerful)
The bottom line of the most effective leadership communication strategies relates to whether you can correctly answer these two questions: What is your purpose for the communication? What is the best way, in a given situation, to make your purpose clear? Of course,...
Are your strategic planning process steps this insanely reliable?
Have you ever wondered why so few projects and initiatives are successfully completed or are even launched? Large, complex projects and engagements have an especially low chance of succeeding. In fact, as many as 70% of strategic plans fail! In many instances, this...
Metrics dashboards simplified- and how to make yours powerful
Have you ever been asked a fairly straightforward question by your boss, a co-worker, or a management or investor team – only to discover that you cannot give a simple answer? If you need to prepare 4-5 different reports to answer that question, then I encourage you...
4 types of organizational change you need to know how to manage
The Economist cites many examples as to why the speed of business, or its rate of change, will do nothing but increase. Based on my experience, I certainly agree. The world is continually becoming more connected, more intertwined. Because businesses are subject...
4 employee engagement ideas: sure-fire AND time-tested
Are you repeatedly frustrated by what you perceive as a lack of employee commitment and growth- ie, a general lack of interest in continual improvement and skill refinement? Have you made multiple attempts to execute various employee engagement ideas, with varying...
The 4-step organizational change management plan that will actually reward your efforts
Harvard Business Review cites that nearly 60-70% of change management initiatives fail. Don't fear that statistic! There are helpful processes you can reliably follow in a wide variety of change management situations. There are 4 key actions involved in any successful...