


How Trump’s First 100-Days Impact Your Next 100-Days
If we agree on nothing else, let us agree that Trump’s first 100-days have produced significant changes in the conditions in which you operate. Shame on you if you don’t re-assess your next 100-days in the context of those changes. The prescription is to re-look at...
How Strategies And Tactics Should Merge When Time Is Of The Essence
My earlier article on the critical differences between strategic, tactical, and crisis leadership talked about the need for clarity of roles. That still makes sense. However, when time is of the essence, strategic thinking must enable, not delay time-sensitive...
How A Burning Imperative Helps Build A High-Performing Team
The component of a Burning Imperative that is most important in building a high-performing team is co-creating. Bryan Smith laid out five ways to “persuade” someone: tell – sell – test – consult – co-create. If you tell someone to do something, the best you can ever...
How Tactical Capacity Is Essential To High-Performing Teams
The building blocks of Tactical Capacity accelerate executive onboarding and the development of high-performing teams. Each building block has a key component. In building high-performing teams it’s important to put all the building blocks in place and even more...