Measuring What Actually Matters

2 weeks ago
Chris Umstead

Establishing a meaningful way of measuring, tracking, governing, and reporting provides necessary discipline to stay the course and make adjustments…

Understanding the True Magnitude of Change

1 month ago

Truly understanding the magnitude and nature of change is core to successful strategy. Change is implicit in the execution of…

Beyond Town Halls—Engaging Hearts, Minds, and Hands

1 month ago

Engaging hearts, minds, and hands across the organization is more complex than scheduling quarterly town halls. This is the second…

Building Out the Plan—The Foundation of Everything

2 months ago

It's critical that the competitive strategy doesn't get lost or diluted in the rush to identify action. This is the…

The Connective Tissue Your Strategy Is Missing

2 months ago

Why do circa 70% of projects and initiatives fail to deliver on their promises? This statistic has persisted for decades…

Beyond the Super-Doer Trap: Building True Strategic Agility

2 months ago

The biggest barrier to organizational agility isn't systems or processes—it's the super-doer syndrome. Every growing organization starts with super-doers who…

The Competitive Strategy Reality Check: Do You Actually Know How You Win?

3 months ago

Do you understand competitive strategy? Do you have one? Is it optimized—can it drive your growth trajectory? If you're making…

The Strategy-First Revolution: Why Getting the Sequence Wrong Limits Your Growth

3 months ago

Which comes first: strategy, target, or plan? Here's the thing—if you're making money, there's a competitive strategy at play. The…

Annual Planning’s Hidden Traps: Why Most Strategic Sessions Fail (And How to Fix Them)

3 months ago

The fact is, one of the biggest things is to not set it up—not warm people's thinking up effectively. Your…

The Dangerous Disconnect: Why Separating “People” from “Strategy” Is Killing Your Performance

3 months ago

There seems to be this desire to separate the human side from the financials and even the plan, even the…