by Jane Adamson | Jul 6, 2010 | Marketing, Revenue Growth, Strategy
Look OUT, not IN! If you’re following our CEO Challenge articles, speaking or consulting work, you’ve heard this mantra a lot. More often than not, answers to your most important business questions aren’t inside your organization; the answers lie out there with your...
by Rick McPartlin | Apr 6, 2010 | Culture, Directional Unification / Alignment, Marketing, Revenue Growth, Sales, Strategy, Structure
It seems like only yesterday that we were throwing around ideas for what would become the CEO Challenge. It’s been a year now, and we’re so pleased with the feedback we’ve received from clients, colleagues and collaborators. Seems we’ve struck a few chords, and that’s...
by Jane Adamson | Mar 2, 2010 | Culture
Assumption testing has always been important in organizations. Right now, however, it’s more critical than ever. Markets are evolving so fast that the wrong assumptions can be fatal. Worse yet, an organization’s inability to routinely identify and test assumptions is...
by Jane Adamson | Feb 2, 2010 | Cost of Chaos, Directional Unification / Alignment, Strategy, Structure
During the first week of the new year, when we tend to gaze optimistically at the road ahead, a headline from the Associated Press announced “Americans’ job satisfaction lowest in 22 years.” The article then went on to say “That is the lowest level...
by Rick McPartlin | Nov 3, 2009 | Strategy
It’s that time of year again — strategic planning and budgeting season. The end of a difficult 2009 and possibly a new beginning for your business. What are you thinking about doing differently next year? Are you setting more ambitious revenue goals, or are you...
