The only certainty is change today. You will have new jobs and opportunities like never before. You will have new friends and networks. You may move a few times as well. Regardless of changing circumstances, your ability to sail on tumultuous winds is directly related to how mobile and flexible you are. Strategy For ManagingContinue reading “Mobility And Flexibility For A Strategic Advantage”
Tag Archives: Change Management
Traders And Builders
The ancient world had a lot of inefficiency with infrastructure. Transportation and communications allowed for merchants to fill the gap between buyers and sellers. They were traders. Goods were purchased, transported and resold. The margins represented the extra value in acquisition and delivery of goods. The industrial age had newer efficiencies. However, traders prevailed. TradersContinue reading “Traders And Builders”
Yes, Exceptions
When you propose a new idea, be prepared for the typical automaton response from those you share with, “Is this going to work for every single customer?” “Will it apply to everything we do?” “What about all of the work we have done?” The questions come in all different shapes and sizes. There’s typically aContinue reading “Yes, Exceptions”
Attitude Via Rework
The new book, Rework, is a dangerous book. It may cause more people to change the world they did not realize was easier to change today. There is an approach via our new ecosystem of tools and talent to get work done. Sadly, many are still trapped in old economy mindsets. Consider this stirring appealContinue reading “Attitude Via Rework”
Change: Same Old Script
In our management consulting, the process of change is the hardest part of success. Implementing business systems, designing process or creating new strategies pale in comparison as far as the effort and challenge of helping people adopt new behaviors for the better. In the new book, Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard byContinue reading “Change: Same Old Script”
It’s the Leadership Not The Tools
We used to have a hard time building things material or virtual. Thus, engineers, software developers, webmasters and IT people held the keys to the kingdom, and rightly so. Building things is not as hard today. What is difficult is clean, relevant and results-driven design. The key question is not whether you have a website.Continue reading “It’s the Leadership Not The Tools”
Selling is Losing
The number one skill in business is selling. You do not have a job or income unless you or someone on your team makes a sale. Life does not move forward unless someone sells their ideas. The rest of people who play it safe choose to stay oblivious to this one truth. The reason theyContinue reading “Selling is Losing”
Knowledge Gain For Personal Growth
I like the statement from John Maxwell I found in Tim Sanders’ Love is the Killer App: “You only gain knowledge from two sources: the people you know and the books you read.” How true this is. We get real substantive and life-giving information from our learnings and our networks. Charlie Jones stated, “The onlyContinue reading “Knowledge Gain For Personal Growth”
