Would You Buy Your Company?

Sep 24, 2024 | Strategic Planning

If you didn’t own your company, but you were looking for a company to buy, would you buy your company? Let’s be more specific, if you were looking to buy a turnkey business that you could ‘simply’ step into, tweak a bit, scale further, and reap strong financial rewards, would you buy your company? Your reaction to that question tells you everything you need to know about your company’s current weaknesses and strengths. If you were looking for a company to buy, would you buy your company? Your...

Why Are They Resisting This Change?

Aug 20, 2024 | Leadership Development

In a recent coaching session, Jason, a manager new to his position shared, “My team is fighting even the most basic of changes. I know there have been a lot of changes to deal with lately. Me, coming on as their new leader being a big one, but they’re behavior is ridiculous. The recent changes I’m suggesting to our delivery schedule aren’t monumental. I’m simply saying we need to space out our delivery schedule in response to recent customer feedback. I’m not suggesting we drop, change, or...

It’s Not Done Until Its Purpose Is Served

Jul 23, 2024 | Leadership Development

There’s an interesting trend I’ve been observing of late: Leaders are ‘accepting’ projects as being ‘DONE’ even though the goal doesn’t fulfill its purpose or the true need for it in the first place. As long as the goal’s tasks were conducted, the task or project is deemed ‘COMPLETE’. However, during subsequent executive team meetings, I’ll hear comments such as: “This is DONE?” or “What are we supposed to do with this now,” or my favorite, “Well that was a total waste.” If you don’t know what...

What Does Your X Department Say About Your Culture and Company

Jun 18, 2024 | Leadership Development

Last week, I had lunch with two colleagues who are Human Resources consultants. They shared their hypothesis that the culture of an organization can be summarized by the ‘health’ of the company’s HR (Human Resources) office. Boom! Now that’s a powerful statement. As they shared more of their reasoning, I started to mentally scroll through my client base, and…my observations of my clients’ HR Offices aligned with their thinking. My clients with strong, strategic, collaborative, communicative,...

Don’t Overcomplicate Your Strategic Plan Implementation

May 22, 2024 | Strategic Planning

We all know developing a strategic plan is hard. We also know, implementing a strategic plan successfully is brutal. So don’t make your implementation process more difficult than it already will be. Keep it simple and focused on the results you want. Don’t make your implementation process more difficult than it already will be. Keep it simple and focused on the results you want. There is a common thread that runs through client scenarios when I’m told, “We can’t implement our strategic plan!...