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LEADERSHIP STRATEGY: MASTER THE HANDOFF

LEADERSHIP STRATEGY: MASTER THE HANDOFF

Radically shifting markets, a plethora of price challenging products,

ever changing technology, and the unrelenting hand of time are making the aging owners of small to midsize (SMB) companies vulnerable. For many, this is a new and uncomfortable mindset. Fiercely independent, hard working, and resilient, a significant number are reluctant to consider...

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A SOLUTION FOR THE OWNERS OF SMALL TO MIDSIZED BUSINESSES

A SOLUTION FOR THE OWNERS OF SMALL TO MIDSIZED BUSINESSES

The owners of small to midsize businesses (SMBs) are stressed because

Most owners understand that working harder doing the same old things in the same old way, will not secure the viability of their corporate asset. Many are looking for a solution—including selling their business.  Having coached SMB owners through a major recession, I believe that the majority of them have not given end-game options a second thought...

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LEADERSHIP STRATEGY: ELIMINATE INDUSTRIAL-AGE ATTITUDES AND HABITS

LEADERSHIP STRATEGY: ELIMINATE INDUSTRIAL-AGE ATTITUDES AND HABITS

Many organizations have decades of planning and operation advances woven

into the fabric of everyday life.  Enhancements such as just-in-time inventory management, total quality processes, lean manufacturing, and a plethora of continuous improvement mutations, served us well—until for the first time in history, we were broadsided by a  “mega...

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LEADERSHIP STRATEGY: SURVIVE AND PROSPER IN A GLOBAL VILLAGE

LEADERSHIP STRATEGY: SURVIVE AND PROSPER IN A GLOBAL VILLAGE

Management science and technology have combined to produce a “mega change

” in stereo.  Adaptations of digital technology allow us to:  create, transmit, compute, store, and retrieve data in ways that have marginalized time and distance as barriers to entry.  This revolution has catapulted us into Marshall McLuhan’s global village.  We are...

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LEADERSHIP STRATEGY: INTEGRATE VISION AND PLANNING

LEADERSHIP STRATEGY:  INTEGRATE VISION AND PLANNING

Long range planning is at best a waste of time and at worst dangerous. 

 Visioning engages the wonder, creativity, and flexibility of the child that still resides within everybody—albeit buried under layer upon layer of “shoulds and how tos” (let’s call this dimension the pirate).  Pirates influence morale (good or bad) creativity (unharnessed creativity may be focused on how to; get out of having to produce,...

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OWNERS OF SMALL TO MIDSIZE BUSINESSES (AND THEIR EMPLOYEES) ARE VULNERABLE

OWNERS OF SMALL TO MIDSIZE BUSINESSES (AND THEIR EMPLOYEES) ARE VULNERABLE

Radically shifting markets, a plethora of market share challenging products

Typical SMB owners are at the center of operations and can’t imagine the business surviving without them.  All too often this becomes a sad reality.  The largest wealth transfer in history is about to occur.  Estimates suggest that there are ten million small to midsize businesses (less than 1000 employees) in the USA—not including mom and...

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LEADERSHIP STRATEGY: THE FATAL FLAW OF NOT KNOWING WHO YOU ARE

LEADERSHIP STRATEGY: THE FATAL FLAW OF NOT KNOWING WHO YOU ARE

Recently Yahoo fired its CEO, Carol Bartz. Although the company’s stock

Yahoo’s problem is that  web portals are yesterday’s news. People don’t need a single site to click through multiple menus and sub-menus to find what they’re looking for. Search engines like Google deliver more precise results. Yahoo no longer gives web users a compelling reason to visit their site.Yahoo is still a popular site in terms...

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MANAGEMENT: EFFECTIVE CEOs HAVE STRONG SENIOR TEAMS

MANAGEMENT: EFFECTIVE CEOs HAVE STRONG SENIOR TEAMS

As an executive coach and organization development consultant, I’ve

A major factor in senior team development is the CEO not allowing direct reports to slip off the hook—always holding them responsible and expecting performance. Holding toes to the fire and resisting the urge to bail out marginal performers makes for strong teams.  It’s not unlike the tough love strategy some parents use to help children understand...

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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY

The  British-based fast food chain,  Pret a Manger (French for “ready

Pret a Manger is a small presence in the U.S. fast food market, with 34 stores in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., but it’s growing fast, with profitability and employee retention numbers that are the envy of the industry. U.S. sales are up 40% from a year ago, the company’s overall profits grew by 37% in 2010, and annual workforce turnover...

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TEAMWORK: TO “BEE” OR NOT TO BE

TEAMWORK: TO “BEE” OR NOT TO BE

corporate survivalNature understands the relationship between efficiency

and survival.  Bees have survived as a species for centuries.  Their life support system obviously works.  When a worker bee returns to the hive after a production trip, it struts out a triangular pattern.  The apex of this triangular waltz points directly to the source of...

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