strategy

Metrics: Measure your productivity

Most executives believe that innovation will enable their company to stand out in the marketplace, especially in this economy. Yet, executives do not develop the strategies and execute the follow through necessary to create their innovation environment. How do you measure that innovation has been optimized? Especially for use as a performance assessment tool? It … Read more

Outsourcing Innovation for Greater ROI

Outsourcing needs to be done with getting the best value for resources and transactional costs available, and keeping critical core competencies available to remain nimble.

Leadership Styles in Technical Environments

Flexibility of style to the particular culture and adaptability to change helps direct the leadership style that best fits with the culture and align with stakeholders. A sturdy hand on the rudder approach in response to hyper-changing priorities wins in the long run, because in the end we all need to deliver to provide value.

Leadership at the operational level

Perpetual optimism as a force multiplier is also a clear motivating factor to those across the organization. Attracting and retaining the best–and often better than the hiring manager–is a cardinal sign that an organization cherishes leadership, excellence, and sustainability.

Leadership

What more natural a subject to first talk about than leadership, both personal and organizational. Everything flows from the top; this is true for our own lives and for the life of an organization. Simply, a leader leads where others will follow. A leader creates a vision, and aligns colleagues’ input to build a strategy … Read more