This post is more personal than most. Not because I was in the military, I wasn’t, but because my best friends from early childhood were, and one of them didn’t come home. On October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, two truck bombs struck separate buildings housing United States and French military forces killing 299 American and French […]
Red Flag: Only 12.5% of organizations look at their projects to see if they align with corporate goals. Consequence: 86% of organizations under-deliver on their project portfolio’s value by at least 25%. If you’re spending $10M a year on your project portfolio, this means that a typical organization is losing at least $2.5m per year, and poor prioritization […]
In reading the leadership post “6 Ways Leaders Step Back But Don’t Step Away“, I was left to reflect once again on how a One Page Execution Plan (OPP) can be vital for you to effectively lead across an entire enterprise on an ongoing basis. To borrow on the words of my colleagues at ThoughtLeaders, the […]
After reading a post from my good friend Stephen Lynch from Results, I wanted to add value by complementing his most recent post with my own 2 cents. Effective hierarchy is about engagement & not about control We’ve heard the stories about Google & Zappos leaderless initiatives, but if you’re to analyze that further, you’d […]
The evidence is overwhelming that there continues to be a Leadership Crisis. As exemplified by the table below, it’s worse in some geographical areas than others, but it’s still an unacceptable fact that less than 30% of employees are engaged in the workplace. Employee Engagement is proportional to Quality of Leadership “The buck stops here“, popularized […]