StrategyDriven Big Picture of Business Article

The Big Picture of Business – Situations Causing the Downtown and Corporate Scandals: Barriers to Progress and Business Growth

Every business, company or organization goes through cycles in its evolution. At any point, each program or business unit is in a different phase from the others. Every astute organization assesses the status of each branch on its Business TreeTM and orients its management and team members to meet constant changes and fluctuations. It’s not […]

Winning Time-Starved Customers

Adrian Ott, author of The 24-Hour Customer, was a recent guest on Fox Business Live; sharing her insights on: how to win the business of time-starved customers aligning products and services to meet customer’s needs and time availability constraints synchronizing with the customer so to be positioned to serve them when they are ready to […]

Leadership Inspirations – The Cost of Doing Nothing

“There are costs and risks to a program of action but they are far less than the long range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.” John F. Kennedy (1917 – 1963) 35th President of the United States

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 57 – An Interview with Robert Simons, author of Seven Strategy Questions

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. Special Edition 57 – An Interview with Robert Simons, author of Seven Strategy Questions explores […]

StrategyDriven Corporate Cultures Article

Corporate Cultures – Culture Trumps Strategy

Culture is hard to quantify but its impact on business operations is unmistakable. Even the well-conceived strategy cannot withstand the onslaught of a counter focused culture. In order for a strategy to be implementable, it must be formulated to work within the confines of the corporate culture. Alternatively, the corporate culture must be changed before the strategy is implemented… typically a years long process.

StrategyDriven Podcast Series

Business Complexity has Grown Significantly Since the Financial Crisis

New research confirms the financial crisis has significantly exacerbated business complexity. A recently released survey reveals that 86 percent of firms face increasing complexity in their operating environment or organizational structure over the past three years. In the survey for the report titled, The Complexity Challenge: How businesses are bearing up, only 22 percent of […]

Leadership Inspirations – The Right Mental Attitude

“Nothing can stop someone with the right mental attitude from achieving their goal. Nothing on earth can help a person with the wrong mental attitude.” Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States of America (1801 – 1809)

Lost in Translation

Increase the impact of customer insights and analytics. How to break down the barriers between the analytics community and the business. Data is omnipresent and within our grasp yet business truths are still elusive. Finding meaning in that data requires sifting through droves of extraneous information for business insight. It means distilling raw information into […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 56 – An Interview with Andy Kanefield, co-author of Uncommon Sense

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. Special Edition 56 – An Interview with Andy Kanefield, co-author of Uncommon Sense explores how […]