As many businesses find themselves wrapping up their strategic planning cycle, they’re having to grapple with seemingly more aggravating challenges—inflation concerns, continued hiring challenges, and the supply chain. So why should anyone in business care about...
How are you addressing business differentiation? Can we really differentiate our business from the one down the street? This is a question that businesses near and far are grappling with more so today than ever. Differentiation…meaningful differentiation in highly...
Do your employees know how they impact profit in your company? Do they know which activities they do every day that will make or cost your company money? There is no better time than during or pending a likely recession for a business owner to stop thinking short-term...
In the business world, there are two popular ways I’ve often talked about how we develop and communicate strategy: the waterfall method and the fountain method. In theory, they both make sense, but I’d argue one of those methods, over time, will deliver better and...
Many of the businesses we work with go through periods of time that can be described as chaotic and painful. There is a certain reality that hits owners and leadership teams that is unavoidable yet painfully necessary. We have even heard business owners question why...
I remember March 2000 when the dotcom economy collapsed. What had started back in 1969 as ARPANET, had grown into what people called the Internet and the early adopters had jumped on this new technology with a vengeance. Dot Com companies sprung out of nowhere, backed...
Have You Unlocked Your Organization’s True Strategic Potential? Alignment. Engagement. Implementation. Without these a company will flounder. But as many companies conduct their Strategic Planning Retreats, those plans will stall or encounter too many obstacles...
Coming up on 2 ½ years of official partnering together, Darrell Crawford, founding partner of The Vantage Group, and I decided it was time to make some intentional changes around our branding and messaging with the goal of clarity being our main driver. Like many...
In a previous blog, I asked the question if your leadership style was more like a Watchmaker or Beekeeper. If your company is experiencing low morale, low profits, lack of staff engagement, high turnover, or rampant gossip – this all can be attributed to a company...
I’m a big fan of auto racing, and an even bigger fan of Formula 1 (F1) racing. These races are a physical challenge for the driver beyond anything we experience as mere mortals on a road trip with our family. The speeds are intense, and you can never relax your grip...
