Business Strategy
How Successful Are You?
How successful are you? Your answer to that question will be determined largely by how you choose define success. I’ve found it very helpful to use multiple definitions of success. In fact, I’ve found using the right definition for success in various situations absolutely essential. I’m going to start by naming the three definitions or…
Read MoreA Great Purpose for Us
In my last post I wrote about the opportunity that business leaders have to make a BIG difference in the lives of the people they lead. I surmised that many of us—maybe even all of us—deep down want our lives to make a significant positive difference in the lives of others. This is what I…
Read MoreA Great Purpose for Business
This post is targeted to anyone who, deep down, wants to make a significant positive difference for the good of others. Not just those who want to make other people’s lives better each day, but those of you who desire to make BIG changes in someone’s life, such that they would one day say you…
Read MoreSome Vision about Vision
Looking ahead for this year of 2020 makes it almost impossible for me to not think about vision. The word-play on the numbers 20-20 is so obvious, I think most people are staying away from it so as to not make people roll their eyes. It just so happens that for the past six months,…
Read MoreInnovating Innovation, Part 3
This is the third in my mini-series on creating new value, also known as innovation. The first post took a deep dive into the concept of value—what it is and how it should be core to the existence of every organization—especially for-profit organizations. The second post took a deep dive into into the first of…
Read MoreInnovating Innovation, Part 2
Last week I shared my contention that innovation is nothing more, and nothing less, that finding new ways to bring real value to others. (Value being defined as some perceived benefit divided by some perceived cost). I promised in that posting to share the two elements that I think are important if you want to…
Read MoreInnovating Innovation, Part 1
You may know that we’ve been redesigning some modules of LEAD 365 this year (along with changing its name to LEAD 24/7). Some of you went through a version of the program before we even started exploring innovation. Over the past two years some of you participated in our innovation session, which was taught, at…
Read MoreThree-Bucket Leaders
If we were playing Jeopardy, the clue I’m about to give deserves to be the Daily Double: The three “buckets” we are committed to filling in the year of LEAD 365. If you were the first to your buzzer, you would give the following answer (in the form of a question, of course): What is…
Read MoreMind Your Own Business
Business is the activity of making one’s living or making money. Acumen is the ability to make good decisions. Great organizational leaders are able to make great decisions about making money, they practice business acumen. When we use the expression “Mind your own business,” it’s usually used in a negative way. What we are really…
Read MoreThe Value of Business and the Business of Value
Today’s posting is a little different. Most of our topics fall clearly into one of our three main categories of topics from LEAD 365: 1) Being a person worth following; 2) building a great team; or 3) creating clarity around purpose, vision and value. Today’s topic is part of LEAD 365 but doesn’t fit so…
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