by Rick McPartlin | Aug 18, 2017 | Directional Unification / Alignment, Strategy, Structure
Those in the business world face fast changes that are constantly transitioning parts of business that once were under control into surprising, random and chaotic threats. Great leaders identify what they can control and execute perfectly to be prepared for everything...
by Rick McPartlin | Aug 11, 2017 | Strategy
For decades engineers and scientists have physically reacted to having to “sell” – what could be less noble? Engineering and Science are “TRUE” professions with rules, disciplines, common language, integrity and a commitment to a higher purpose than selling one more...
by Rick McPartlin | Aug 4, 2017 | CRO, Directional Unification / Alignment, Revenue Growth, Strategy, Structure
Successful businesses apply CRO Thinking, whether they know it or not – Answer five Revenue Strategy questions to know it. History is full of people who were in the right place at the right time and did something about it – they became successful and maybe changed the...
by Rick McPartlin | Jul 28, 2017 | Directional Unification / Alignment, Revenue Growth, Strategy, Structure
Incubators, accelerators, innovation centers and launch platforms, are all names for trying to take a dream from head and heart to the bank. If we ask 20 leaders what will determine success, we may get 100 different answers. For years the answer was “have a great...
by Rick McPartlin | Jul 21, 2017 | Directional Unification / Alignment, Revenue Growth, Strategy, Structure
When the world finds a good word they over use that word until it has no meaning and it puts the listener to sleep or on the defensive. Value is one of those words. Sales, marketing and advertising push “value” at us all the time and like any good myth (* the...