Clear The Roadblocks

Jul 26, 2011 | Leadership Development

Good managers run efficient organizations. Great managers develop solid teams of talented people to support and manage organizations efficiently. Good leaders identify opportunities and articulate a vision for their organizations. Great leaders project where roadblocks to those opportunities and vision may occur. Great leaders use their expertise and connections to move the roadblocks out of the way to ensure their managers and teams can implement the strategies when and how they need to...

Who Is The Project Manager?

Feb 17, 2011 | Leadership Development

A brilliant and gutsy move for leaders is to continually develop his or her managers' project management skills. When this happens, the leader is ensuring the organization's future. The leader is creating a deep, talented pool of managers capable of initiating, planning, executing, managing, and closing strategic projects. These managers are then an integral part of the leader's team in moving the organization forward towards its vision. However, I'm still amazed at the limited project...

Work Your Plan – How to Manage Your Business Plan

Mar 29, 2010 | Strategic Planning

In a recent blog post (10 Reasons to Update Your Business Plan - Why, When & How), we outlined why and when to update your business plan, in this post we'll talk about how to update and manage it. Remember, these ideas are the same whether your plan is for financing purposes, strategic planning or business operations purposes. Good planning ensures your plan because a useful management tool. To create plans that are effective management tools, I encourage my clients to: Create a Vision...

Visions Establish the Target

Aug 11, 2009 | Strategic Planning

Developing a vision is easy for many leaders; clearly articulating it is hard. For a leader's vision to work, it needs to be clear, concise, and measurable. A solid vision will create the same image in the mind of every person who hears it. This clarity enables everyone to understand it, support it, and systematically track progress toward or away from it. If employees don't understand what they're working toward, it's hard to make it happen. Make Your Vision Statement Clear. Copyright...