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THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS PLAN
Most organizations founder on their plans. They either don’t plan, or they do a plan and then ignore it. Which are you? It’s corrosive to plan and not follow through. A plan is a picture of hope. It...
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WHAT ARE YOUR GOAL DRIVERS ™ TODAY?
The Stanford football team just won the Rose Bowl…..its 3rd BCS Bowl game in 3 years! What happened? The Question: How do they find enough top players who can cut it academically? Apparently there’s a...
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A POWERFUL SOLUTION STARTS WITH A CHANGE YOU CAN’T AFFORD
One of the worst leadership errors is to ask too early, “Can we afford it?” Let the hope of the ‘big change’ pull your people into top-tier problem-solving. One of my CEO clients wouldn’t replace a key...
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THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS? A DISASTER WITHOUT A BUS DRIVER
THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS? A DISASTER WITHOUT A BUS DRIVER Jim Collins’ classic advice* is powerful and disastrously incomplete. The problem is not the advice……it’s the rest of the story. The rest of...
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ARE YOU READY FOR THE PERFORMANCE EQUATION?
Bill is a superb welder; fabricator, actually. He’d weld you a locomotive if you asked him to. When we met, he blurted, “I work swing shift so I don’t have to be around Management”. And he certainly...
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IT’S NEVER THE RIGHT TIME: Kill the Action-Killers
One of my clients leads a growing, mid-size business. He’s buried most days in a swarm of half-ideas, partial hopes and problems that chew on him. When he starts to act, he sees all the other ‘stuff’...
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FAIL SAFE IS A MYTH: FAIL TO WIN IS REAL
FAIL SAFE IS A MYTH: FAIL TO WIN IS REAL Ford CEO Alan Mulally behaved radically to kick-start Ford’s recovery: At the annual company meeting of the top 500 leaders, he included in the many awards a...
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USING THE RIGHT TOOL THE WRONG WAY MAKES A MESS
My dad required us to use the right tool the right way for the right job. Yep, I tried not to, and bent the tip of the knife I tried to make into a screwdriver. Odds are you’re doing the same thing...
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IS WTBW BLOCKING YOUR COMPANY’S NEXT GROWTH CYCLE?
IS WTBW BLOCKING YOUR COMPANY’S NEXT GROWTH CYCLE? No one talks about the dysfunction when a long-term top leader in a private firm moves on. The assumption, usually wrong, is that the new leader’s...
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IS TOP-DOWN LEADERSHIP CHOKING YOUR GROWTH?
IS TOP-DOWN LEADERSHIP CHOKING YOUR GROWTH? Top-Down Leadership (TDL) is a train wreck when more than 10 people are under the leader. It’s not about span of control, though that’s a constraint. Rather...
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