It is no secret that we have long advocated for analyzing the business from a market or “outside-in” perspective before you complete planning and forecasting. So many planning efforts fail or don’t produce real value as they reflect a perpetuation of experience cast into internal beliefs which end up influencing expected outcomes. Unfortunately, past experience …
Teddy Roosevelt National Park is an inspiring place. The views go for miles and the landscape is like no other with colorful buttes and deep canyons providing unrivaled beauty. Having just returned from this beautiful park, I felt compelled to learn more about the man, leader and President we fondly call Teddy Roosevelt. He only …
One of the first answers to this question that comes to mind is “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”, but I am joking—sorta. Many of you know that my hobby is distance riding on horses. For the last 6 years, every spring we have traveled to a far-off land to ride indigenous horses through …
Recently two things in my world collided to provide the insight I would like to share today. The first experience was speaking to an association of 250 industrial companies about the GrowthDNA approach to improving company performance. Before attending the virtual session, they were asked to take the GrowthDNA Scorecard Assessment so that they could compare …
Teams are better and their performance higher when they were in a period of crisis. Why? Because they come together to fight a common challenge–it gave them a sense of urgency to solve problems and eradicated the silo mentality. What if we behaved like that all of the time? It sounds exhausting I know but the truth is, our world is becoming a place where disruption, change, and uncertainty is happening much more often and to a greater degree each day.
The rate of change in markets and technology is accelerating the speed at which companies must adapt. There are really only three responses to serving evolving markets—ignore the change or react to the change or be proactive and lead the change. You might be surprised how often companies think they are operating at a greater level of response than they are.
The New Year is upon on us and no one is complaining. We are looking ahead to an economic and personal recovery. A healthier time, where favorite activities can be resumed and we can get rid of masks; to when we can hug each other again! For business, it is a time of renewal—even for …
That is exciting news in a year that has been so uncertain, and perhaps even a bit terrifying. The title to this blog is credited to Renita Kalhorn, an advisor to Navy Seals. Interestingly only 25% are able to complete Hell Week after 6 months of training. Kalhorn says “If you ask Navy Seal instructors …
Tired of the Pandemic and Politics? Who isn’t? Unfortunately, both may get worse before they get better. But when I look back on this year, I am inspired to optimism. I have witnessed incredible strength and resiliency where company leaders have made tough choices but in so doing have strengthened their cultures, their relationships with …
By now you are probably tired of hearing about Covid and how it impacts business. Unfortunately, it is a topic we cannot escape. But what if we take a different slant for a moment and think about how it is permanently changing our overall culture, not just our business culture directly? As people absorb the …
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