I’ve often seen companies (and their teams) suffer unduly from something that was foreseen, planned for, but then not averted. So many “decisions” made but then not implemented. Captured eloquently in the readable and practical “Moments of Impact” by Chris Ertel and Lisa Kay Solomon. “Most of the time, not only do leaders of floundering organizations see the bullet […]
Tips, News & Views
Guaranteed business failure
You can absolutely do things guaranteed to make your business fail. But unfortunately, there aren’t things you can do which are guaranteed to make your business succeed. It is the same asymmetry at play in Seneca’s sage quote that _”an age builds up cities: an hour destroys them. In a moment the ashes are made, […]
Where’s joy in the remote office?
Joy. You can feel the places that have it, and the ones that don’t. It’s not about en enforced fun – the organised pub quiz or bowling night. Not that there’s no place for them, but it’s at least as likely that they’ll be cringemaking as it will that they’ll be fun. In reality, it […]
The main obstacle to scaling up
There’s one main obstacle that stops agencies and consultancies from scaling up… … CEOs / MDs being unable to step back from their business to focus on strategic work. I (really) hate the cliche, but it’s true – Making time to work on their business rather than in their business. In this webinar / workshop, […]
Moving from what my job is to what my contribution is
In the best leadership teams, Sales Directors evolve from “My job is sales” to “My job is to meet our company’s goals through my contribution in sales”. As it is for Sales Directors, so it is for Finance Directors or Product Directors or Delivery or Marketing or Technology or …. This is a key part […]