We can all agree that the level of uncertainty in today’s business environment is high and most likely will be no less in the future. Faced with ongoing uncertainty, we are seeing many business owners and CEO’s dismissing the value of strategy because they believe it’s too static. In many cases these leaders have the […]
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Are You Still Struggling With Uncertainty?
Friday, February 15th, 2013Posted in Newsletter, Strategy Development
Family Business Owners on Public Policy
Sunday, January 20th, 2013Economists seem to be in agreement that 2013 will be a repeat of 2012, with only a slight uptick. GDP growth will be at best 2%, unemployment marginally better at 7.5%, and consumer confidence flat to slightly up. A recent survey completed by the Family Enterprise USA (FEUSA), an independent non-profit organization, provides a look […]
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Who is the Chief Execution Officer?
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012One would think the answer to this question should be fairly simple. However, the sad reality is that most organizations really do not understand what the title and responsibilities of Chief Execution Officer involves. In our experience, the problem stems from the fact that most Chief Executive Officers and leadership teams don’t have the skills […]
Posted in Newsletter, Strategy Execution
How Can Organizational Structure Unlock Strategy?
Monday, November 19th, 2012Even though 2012 elections are now decided, they will not reduce the “dizzying velocity of change in our economy,” as stated by Robert Safian author of Secrets of a Generation Flux Leader (Fast Company – November 2012). We are witnessing the boom of companies such as Apple, Facebook and Amazon; and the bust of companies […]
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Stop Wasting Valuable Business Resources
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012I had a client recently tell me that one of his mature, declining businesses needed to be resurrected. In reality, the market dynamics were all running against this decision. The product line had run its useful course as substitutes were becoming more important to the end user. Competitors were dropping pricing to maintain share and […]
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Execution Intelligence (XQ)—Without it, You Can’t Succeed
Monday, September 10th, 2012If you have been following our newsletters, you know we are fans of Harvey McKay, author of several books including one of his original books, Swim With the Sharks, and his most recent, The McKay MBA of Selling in the Real World. In a recent newsletter, McKay wrote about the importance of execution. Consultants would […]
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Why Companies Struggle to Execute Strategy?
Thursday, August 30th, 2012The focus of many of our past newsletters has been the importance of strategy execution (i.e., realizing an organization’s vision [February 2011]; the principles of good strategy execution [March 2012]). Yet, recent research suggests that senior management continues to struggle with the challenge of executing strategy (McKinsey, January 2011; Strategy institute for thought leadership, July […]
Posted in Newsletter, Strategy Execution, Strategy Management
Business Killer – Complacency
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012From the Wall Street Journal, Friday, May 18, 2012…”Jamie Dimon, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chairman and CEO had just committed the most expensive blunder of his 30-year career, failing to detect the risk of trades that had begun to generate huge losses at the bank.” Dimon was quoted as saying “The big lesson I learned: […]
Posted in Business Killers, Leadership, Newsletter, Strategy Management
What is Strategy?
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012I recently came across an article written by Steve Tobak published on CBSNews.com. Steve is a former tech executive and now a strategy consultant to that industry. His article really resonated with me because over the years I have spoken to hundreds of owners, CEOs and Presidents and in many cases, whenever I ask the […]
Posted in Newsletter, Strategy Development, Strategy Execution, Strategy Management
Why Are We Not Achieving our Strategic Goals?
Monday, March 26th, 2012Does this sound familiar to you? You’ve held your strategic planning meeting with your management team late last year, identified key strategic projects, assigned responsibilities and you were off and running. Everyone was on board, or so it seemed. What’s happening? Why are we not making any progress against these projects that are critical to […]
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