Creating Teams

Performance within groups typically does not just happen. For a group to really perform well it needs practice. The group needs to understand the best way to organize itself for performance. This concept is commonly understood by sports teams and the military. They clearly see the need to give groups opportunities to practice. Boot Camp […]

Leadership Inspirations – Complexity

“There is most often no simple solution for a complex problem. True genius is finding the complex solution for the complex problem and being able to communicate it simply.” Author Unknown

Recommended Resource – Judgment Calls

Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right by Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville About the Reference Judgment Calls by Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville examines twelve mission critical decisions made by public and private organizations for the key aspects of the decision process employed and analytical […]

Jeffrey Gitomer

Championship aftermath. The first breeds the second.

The Miami Heat just won the NBA title, and LeBron James, aka ‘King James,’ won the most valuable player award. He completed a nine-year mission. A reporter asked him what his first thoughts were. He instantly replied with a HUGE smile, “It’s about damn time.” As most know, the game of basketball is a team […]

StrategyDriven Expert Contributor Hank Moore

The Big Picture of Business – Developing The Talent for Business to Succeed

A Primer on the Workforce, Levels of Jobs, Plateaus of Professionalism It’s lonely at the top. Corporate executives must develop themselves for the next level and to be useful to their companies and communities in the future. This is a primer for executives and the heirs apparent to company leadership. Critical topics include leadership development […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 40 – The Big Picture of Business: Learning from the Recession and Moving Forward

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 40 – The Big Picture of Business: Learning from the Recession and Moving Forward […]

Jeffrey Gitomer

What is the value? Where is the value? Who perceives the value?

You have been making value perceptions and value judgments your entire life. You may call them decisions, moments of truth, or actions. Intuitively they focus around value – and your perception of it – or the weight you put toward it as these decisions or actions are taken or made. It’s the same in sales, […]

Leadership Inspirations – A Little Inaccuracy

“A little inaccuracy saves a world of explanation.” Clarence Edwin Ayers (1891 – 1972) Institutional economist

Jeffrey Gitomer

The hard side of training, and the soft side of learning.

When a new sales representative is hired, a company provides what is known as orientation and ramp up. Once those elements are complete, the company believes the salesperson can go out and begin earning money. First, it’s a heavy dose of product training. The company and their trainers will spend days, sometimes weeks, on ‘what […]

StrategyDriven Expert Contributor Hank Moore

The Big Picture of Business – The Realities of Branding… Slogans that Mislead

It is both comical and sad to analyze certain promotional hype that one hears. Some companies claim that purchasing their product is the ‘be all, end all’ panacea for life’s dilemmas. If only you will buy their version of ‘The Answer,’ then you can surely fast-forward your way to instant riches, success and an easy […]