The Amazing Hoopla Team That Will Change Your Work Life Forever!

Admit it. The first time you heard the phrase “Hoopla Team®” – maybe last week, or last month, or ten seconds ago, in that headline – you rolled your eyes. Oh yes you did. But if you have heard it before, you probably also heard about the remarkable turnarounds that are happening across the country […]

The Proven Formula for: Winning the Execution Game

Execution is everything. Plan all you want, dream all you can, then turn that key or you’ve accomplished nothing. Execution is what separates those who merely have lofty ideas from those who end up winning the game. It’s about taking strategies and making sure they are implemented with power. Creating a culture of execution is […]

Leadership Inspirations – Positive Thinking

“Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over all obstacles and adds significance to all you do.” Norman Vincent Peale Protestant minister and author of The Power of Positive Thinking

Work Stinks? Get Yourself Back Into that First Work-Day Feeling

Remember your very first day on the job? Your shoes had a shine like the tiles on the Space Shuttle and the crease in your slacks could have diced celery. The air was somehow fresher, the birds chirpier. You had been hired. You’d been given a chance to excel, a chance to make a difference. […]

Leadership Inspirations – What Leaders Do

“Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there; they cause change. They motivate and inspire others to go in the right direction and they, along with everyone else, sacrifice to get there.” John Kotter Professor at the Penguin University, renown authority on leadership and change, and author of Leading […]

New Century Leaders

What kind of new world leaders should we expect? Here is one magnifying and surprising solution. I believe we need to teach future business leaders that in our carbon and capital constrained world it is now mission critical to refine all the tools of business to compete on price, quality and social needs. Masters of […]

Three Feet from Gold

Given the current economic roller coaster, does it feel like you are taking two steps backwards for every one step forward? Have you ever felt like quitting? Even though you knew you were on the right track? Once a highly coveted and symbol of ultimate success, the job of CEO today has been tarnished in […]

New Whitepaper Release – 80 Percent Efficiency Estimate

StrategyDriven contributors are pleased to announce the release of our eighth whitepaper: Resource Projection – 80 Percent Efficiency Estimate. Perfect human efficiency? Not likely. How then should personnel resources be estimated? Human beings are social creatures with both emotional and physical needs. Businesses able to satisfy these needs will be better positioned to attract and […]

Leadership Inspirations – The Deception of Subtlety

“Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.” Oliver Cromwell First Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland; best known for his involvement in transforming England into a republican Commonwealth

Worrying is Not a Business Plan

In your kitchen you probably have a spice or powder-filled container with a plastic top that has two tabs – one for pouring or spooning, and one for sprinkling. That top is most likely derived from the original Flapper my company invented. Today there’s an entire line of Flapper products used by over 150 companies, […]