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As businesses we are deluged with information overload through various technologically based systems, processes, regulations and the likes.  How we assimilate this information and use it to run our business is where the rubber meets the road.    The biggest … Continued

When you think of strategy implementation/execution, do you think that your industry is unique or different; therefore you cannot put your company and/or industry in the likes of others?  I guarantee you that you do!     Questions:   Why … Continued

The strategy consulting business has been around for quite some time.  Professional Business Strategy Consulting began in 1963, approximately 50 years ago.  Prior to that date strategy was a term utilized exclusively by the military.  The concept of strategy as … Continued

So what is the biggest problem businesses face today? No, it isn’t taxes, regulations, talent, cost of capital, or even the economy.  Anyone care to guess?  I will contend it is the failure of business (and non-profits) to execute their … Continued

So many things can and will be said about performance management, yet at the end of day, performance management is a piece, a key piece, yet nonetheless a part of the overall linkage to full business performance management.  You cannot … Continued

According to The Conference Board, year over year, strategy execution continues to be the overall ranking concern for businesses.  In 2008, 2009 and 2010 it was actually listed as one of the top 3 ranking concerns, and now it is … Continued

As an American who recently celebrated the 4th of July, or our Independence Day, I am reminded of a quote by John Gunther.  “Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.”  It reminds me that as an … Continued

We are often asked about what the heck is a strategy diagnostic and why do I care? Well first it is important to define the what: – A diagnostic is about the combined information, resources and tools used to effectively … Continued

When you don’t know what you don’t know…   Being a new executive is a challenge in many ways, but trying to tell how the group you inherited is doing is a critical issue that many new leaders face.  It … Continued

Hindsight is 20/20 or so they say.  I bet after this weeks grilling on congressional hill CEO Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase is wishing he had some better vision going into the current scenario.  As a CEO, Dimon told … Continued