To what extent should leaders expect to feel uncomfortable—a little of the time, a lot of the time, or somewhere in the middle? Sometimes people in leadership positions comment that such and such …
Social media—a normative influence?
We hear commentary that social media has a detrimental effect on ability to relate to other people—not too sure about that myself. Leaving that debate to one side, here's another aspect... The very …
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Universal truth or just your worldview?
It comes as a bit of a jolt: What you thought was something which was true everywhere—that always applied—turns out to be just part of your map, a piece of your programming, in fact. It’s a healthy …
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Mastery in the young, or at least younger
Helping some clients visualize the next 12 months of their business (and so increase the likelihood of it happening), it's interesting to notice that these young business people haven't learned to be …
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Incoherence and bullying
Strategic coherence: Some organizations have it, others not so much. In those that do, it’s easier to get things done across functions, across the ubiquitous silos, because everyone’s already pointing …
If your organization was an orchestra, how would it sound?
Is everyone playing the same piece? Are they even in the same hall? Assuming, yes, then how unified is the performance? Ok, the comparison is not entirely valid, because an organization needs to …
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