Posts in Category of: Strategic Planning

Planning a Successful Year?

January 2nd, 2024  |  Published in Holiday, Leadership, Problem Solving, Strategic Planning

Unleash the Power of Accountability on Five Factors Signs indicate the year ahead will be challenging. Growth has slowed in some industries. Other industries are encountering headwinds. After navigating through …

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10 Scary Questions

10 Scary Questions

October 31st, 2023  |  Published in Accountability, Holiday, Leadership, Strategic Planning

In the spirit of Halloween, here are 10 scary questions to ask yourself and then answer to get the most out of life. A version of today’s post first appeared 10 …

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Performance Hurdles

The Top 10 Performance Hurdles

April 11th, 2023  |  Published in Goal Setting, Leadership, Productivity, Strategic Planning

I’ve led more than 250 strategic planning sessions. While each planning session is different, I’ve seen firsthand that companies wrestle with performance issues in similar ways. Exceptional companies succeed by following …

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Are You Ready for the Future?

February 2nd, 2023  |  Published in Leadership, Problem Solving, Strategic Planning

How will we stay ahead of the pack? On a chilly, overcast February day in Mainz, Germany, a middle-aged inventor wondered to himself if his career had finally taken a …

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Improve Your Decisions

January 10th, 2023  |  Published in Leadership, Problem Solving, Productivity, Strategic Planning

How Great Leaders Decide What was your best decision of 2022? How did you make it? What was your worst decision of 2022? How did you make it? When asked …

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Blinkers Tell a Story

June 7th, 2022  |  Published in Leadership, Organization Health, Productivity, Strategic Planning

This article was first published in June 2012. It’s been updated due to its popularity and is being re-posted following our return from Portugal where I’m happy to report we …

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The Season of Possibilities

September 7th, 2021  |  Published in Accountability, Strategic Planning

We’re entering the Season of Possibilities. It’s the time period between Labor Day and mid-December when effective executives assemble their senior leaders to begin focused discussions about their organization’s future. …

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Elephants, Accountability + You

August 5th, 2021  |  Published in Accountability, Strategic Planning

What does everyone see yet doesn’t say? Even in well-run organizations it’s not uncommon for people to see things that need to be addressed yet remain reluctant to initiate a …

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A Mental Checklist for the New Year

December 22nd, 2019  |  Published in Leadership, Strategic Planning

Amid the year-end frenzy there’s an opportunity to slow down, pause and reflect on the past year and look to the future of the year that’s about to begin.

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The Compromise of 1850 + The Recession of 2020

March 5th, 2019  |  Published in Strategic Planning

A Leader’s Job: Confront Reality America’s early days as a nation were shaped by big decisions.  Bold, gutsy decisions. Even decisions to intentionally avoid making a decision. The signers of …

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Double Secret Probation in the Workplace

August 31st, 2018  |  Published in Strategic Planning

Animal House Turns 40 September means “Back to school,” and this year one of America’s most famous college campuses—the fictional Faber College in National Lampoon’s Animal House—turns 40. The 1978 film …

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Do You Have the Right People in the Room?

August 15th, 2018  |  Published in Strategic Planning

Three Secrets for an Effective Planning Session Ten years ago, David Collis and Michael Rukstad’s article “Can You Say What Your Strategy Is?” was published in the Harvard Business Review. …

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Leaning Tower of Pisa

When Is a Little Too Much?

August 7th, 2018  |  Published in Leadership, Strategic Planning

The Leaning Tower of Pisa Offers Clues for Your Upcoming Planning Session The period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving is often when leaders gather to affirm their organization’s strategies and …

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Are These 8 Myths of Strategic Planning Holding You Back?

June 4th, 2018  |  Published in Strategic Planning

A Guide to Unlocking Your Organization’s Potential I’ve led more than 200 strategic planning sessions in a range of industries. It’s not unusual to find myself correcting faulty assumptions that …

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Pop Quiz: The Difference Between Budgets & Plans?

September 15th, 2017  |  Published in Strategic Planning

As we move into the final quarter of 2017, how will you and your team begin to lay the groundwork for next year? Take 60 seconds to answer these 3 …

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Steer Clear of the Biggest Strategic Planning Mistakes

August 10th, 2017  |  Published in Strategic Planning

With summer nearly a memory, companies are entering the home stretch of the year. Many leaders will consider holding a session with strategic planning consultants, as this will allow you …

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The Summer of 1776: Planning the Future of an Independent Nation

July 4th, 2017  |  Published in Leadership, Strategic Planning

The first battles of the American Revolutionary War were fought at Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775. The Battle of Yorktown that culminated on 19 October 1781 with Lieutenant …

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Intuition vs. Regret: How the Beatles Climbed to the Top of the Charts

June 19th, 2017  |  Published in Productivity, Strategic Planning

What Business Leaders Can Learn from the Beatles Chances to secure a recording contract were evaporating. The Beatles had talent, judging from audiences they drew regularly in clubs around England, …

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Could Your Business Survive on the Galapagos Islands?

February 6th, 2017  |  Published in Leadership, Strategic Planning

On our family’s recent trip to the Galapagos Islands, we experienced some of the phenomena peculiar to this archipelago that helped inform Charles Darwin’s controversial and ground-breaking theories in On …

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What Are the 12 Questions You Should Ask About Strategic Planning?

September 2nd, 2016  |  Published in Strategic Planning

Will you be gathering your leaders to develop your company’s plan for 2017? Then you might want to take a page from my book, Lead The Way, to have a …

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