Strategic thinking for leadership teams.
25 years helping leadership teams build and execute strategy. Monthly writing on execution, capability, and the discipline that closes the gap between the strategic plan and what actually happens in the field.
11 Lessons from 15 Years in Business: What I Wish I'd Known Sooner
What 15 years of building a business actually teaches you — including the parts no framework prepares you for.
Systems Over Goals: How Management Systems Are the Backbone of Strategy Execution
Why the 12 management systems underneath your strategy matter more than the goals sitting on top of them.
When Waiting Becomes the Riskiest Move: A New Framework for Leading Through Uncertainty
The practical framework for creating momentum when the future isn't clear enough to plan around.
The Strategic Compound Interest That Multiplies Your Business Results
How daily strategic discipline compounds into results that look impossible from the outside.
Mid-Year Check – Step 3: Create Capacity
In your mid-year review, it’s crucial to re-evaluate your priorities to create more capacity in your schedule. After reviewing and recommitting to your goals and crafting a clear action plan, it’s time to ensure you have the bandwidth to execute those...
Mid-Year Check – Step 2: Refine Your Actions
When it comes to the mid-year check, it’s crucial to take stock and refine your strategy if needed. After recommitting to your goals and conducting a Strategic Plan Review, it’s time to turn those insights into action with a focused, 12-week plan designed...
Mid-Year Check – Step 1: Recommit to Your Goals
As we cruise past the midway point in the calendar year, it’s essential to take a moment to reassess and realign our goals. The pace of business demands agility, and ensuring that your objectives still align with your “why” is crucial for sustained...
Are Your Strategic Goals Still on Track?
In the beginning of the year, when our goals are freshly inked on paper, it’s easy to dive into them with purpose. However, life tends to get in the way of the best laid plans. It’s easy to lose sight of our most important goals amid daily demands....
If You Won’t Guard Your Time, Who Will?
Just like a closet that’s unruly and out of control, our work calendars have become so stuffed full of meetings and commitments it’s impossible to find time to do the work that matters most to us. Be your fiercest time guardian and try these techniques to...
Embracing the Art of Smart Questioning
"The power to question is the basis of all human progress." – Indira Gandhi In a business landscape marked by rapid changes and high unpredictability, mastering the art of smart questioning is no longer a luxury — it's a necessity. The traditional emphasis on having...