Risk & Reward: Does Your CEO Take the Bet?

May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Senior leaders must make the choice about where to play. Then follow through and drop the other shoe of where not to play. Make the decision. Take the bet. And then make sure everyone else understands the logic of the choice and follows through to make it happen. Play the card. Burn the bridges. Move forward.

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Three Guidelines for Intel’s New CEO

May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment

This is Brian Krzanich’s moment as Intel’s new CEO. It was planned, seen and known. One can only hope he has managed the prelude well and can take advantage of the moment since Intel is at a point of inflection.

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Does Your Organization Need an Attitude Change?

March 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment

An attitude adjustment is often the pivot point for changing an organization’s behaviors and relationships in order to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing industry.

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Why Management by Objective is Unsustainable

February 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Leveraging BRAVE inputs (Behaviors, Relationships, Attitudes, Values, Environment) to produce the right outputs is complicated but worthwhile.

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Where Should You Play: When Theory and Practice Diverge

November 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Where to play is generally the first of the five core questions a BRAVE leader needs to answer. In theory, this is done by solving someone’s problem after choosing which customers to serve and which of their problem to solve. In practice the criteria often interact in ways you can’t foresee.

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