Direction vs. Intention
A wise person once said that “intention will get you nowhere, direction determines destination.” We were thinking a bit about how this applies to the new world of “open leadership” and “collaboration”...
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There’s a fine balance between focus and broad vision. We’ve been learning and seeing this first hand as we’ve connected with business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs — both those with experience...
View ArticleDouble Vision
So much has been written on vision. We don’t proclaim to be experts on the topic, but wanted to share a simple concept that we think is critical for intrapreneurs (entrepreneurs working to drive...
View ArticleStart with Clarity
Whether setting out to improve part of an existing business or launching a new business within a company, starting with a strong level of clarity of where we’re aiming is important in setting...
View ArticleIt’s a Great Idea, Get Started
We all have ideas we’re sitting on that we haven’t gone after. Ideas that could change our organizations and develop us. We’re not supposed to have all the answers when we start, but we fool ourselves...
View ArticleAction Trumps Everything, 6 Steps
We recently replayed Len Schlesinger’s (President, Babson College) “Action Trumps Everything” talk at the 2011 Global Leadership Summit and it was as insightful, inspiring and practical as it was the...
View ArticleFour Key Questions to Drive Choices
Many of the organizations we work with have no trouble coming up with ideas for projects they could work on that might grow their business. But, very often, the sheer volume of ideas proves to...
View ArticleThe Arena, Where Entrepreneurial Growth Lives
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the...
View Article5 Tangible Ways to Model Entrepreneurial Leadership
It’s a simple recipe. The organizations we run are a reflection of our leadership. The behaviors we model. The choices we make in good times and in bad. If we want our organizations to be more...
View ArticleP&G Job Cuts, Top 5 Opportunites for Professional Service Firms
Today, P&G released news that they are ahead of plan in their job cuts. Professional service firms working with big companies, like P&G, that are experiencing job and budget cut-backs, are in a...
View ArticleEvolve Your Research Skills By Learning In New Spaces
We love reviewing the Greenbook Research Innovation Trends Report each time it comes out because it is an in-depth look at the Market Research industry. It’s one of the few research-on-research pieces...
View ArticleFocused Vision
There’s a fine balance between focus and broad vision. We’ve been learning and seeing this first hand as we’ve connected with business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs — both those with experience...
View ArticleDouble Vision
So much has been written on vision. We don’t proclaim to be experts on the topic, but wanted to share a simple concept that we think is critical for intrapreneurs (entrepreneurs working to drive...
View ArticleAction Trumps Everything, 6 Steps
We recently replayed Len Schlesinger’s (President, Babson College) “Action Trumps Everything” talk at the 2011 Global Leadership Summit and it was as insightful, inspiring and practical as it was the...
View ArticleFour Key Questions to Drive Choices
Many of the organizations we work with have no trouble coming up with ideas for projects they could work on that might grow their business. But, very often, the sheer volume of ideas proves to...
View ArticleThe Arena, Where Entrepreneurial Growth Lives
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the...
View Article5 Tangible Ways to Model Entrepreneurial Leadership
It’s a simple recipe. The organizations we run are a reflection of our leadership. The behaviors we model. The choices we make in good times and in bad. If we want our organizations to be more...
View ArticleP&G Job Cuts, Top 5 Opportunites for Professional Service Firms
Today, P&G released news that they are ahead of plan in their job cuts. Professional service firms working with big companies, like P&G, that are experiencing job and budget cut-backs, are in a...
View ArticleStart with Clarity and Lead with Confidence
Whether setting out to improve an existing brand or part of an existing business or launching a new venture within a company, starting with a strong level of clarity of where we’re aiming is important...
View ArticleIt is a Great Idea, Get Started
We all have ideas we’re sitting on that we haven’t gone after. Ideas that could change our organizations and develop us. We’re not supposed to have all the answers when we start, but we fool ourselves...
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