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“Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.” ~Michael Porter, Harvard Business School professor Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy and resources,...
“If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.” ~ Maya Angelou Your leadership legacy is the impact and influence you have on others over your tenure as a leader and it is formed by the guiding principles you apply most...
Change is constant, inevitable and natural - particularly in a dynamic business environment. Throughout the business cycle, change is something that typically happens as a reaction to circumstances. Human beings generally don’t like change and we tend to hope that...
Family businesses are all around us—from neighborhood mom-and-pop stores to household names such as BMW, Samsung, and Wal-Mart Stores. Approximately 80% of all businesses in the United States are classified as a family business, meaning that a family owns a...
Now that the joy and frenzy of the holidays are behind us, don’t just get busy, get busy focusing on what matters most over the next 12 months. Having a productive year doesn’t happen by chance. Intentional reflection, planning and assessing along the way are...
Kim Long as the Executive Director for Polk Vision, leads a county-wide collective impact organization dedicated to aligning resources across Polk County. Prior to her current position, Kim’s varied career spans the corporate, non-profit, and private sectors and she...
Gallop defines employee engagement as the involvement and enthusiasm of employees in their work and workplace, and their 2022 State of the Global Workplace Report reveals that our global economy loses $7.8 trillion due to low engagement. Are your team members...
Every leader has been involved in spearheading a strategic initiative that has gotten off track. When this has happened to you, were you able to identify the cause of the setback and quickly get your team back on track? Perhaps there was some misalignment about...
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Change can be difficult and people often resist it. If your team is not prepared for change, keeping up with the pace of change, and willing to embrace change, your organization risks becoming irrelevant. This guide is intended to provide a framework for intentionally talking about the change you want to create, ensure the roles that are vital to the change process are clearly understood, and to define the conditions necessary for creating intelligent change.