While the majority of us haven’t been at our desks or in our workspace in-person in months, those spaces still exist. They are quiet ...
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Win the Great Land Run of 2020 with an Intentional People Strategy
As recently as two months ago, the landscape of the marketplace was seemingly well settled and balanced with predictable patterns and identified players. However, ...
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Straightaway Speed: Getting Back to Work Faster
Not too long ago, I had a career working in and around motorsports. I worked for an oil company very involved in racing technology ...
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It’s not what happened. It’s what happens next.
I consulted recently with a group of leaders weighed down by events of the past 18 months—a failed product launch, lost funding, and the ...
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Crush Your Talent Strategy in 2020 with These 4 Insights
“Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.” —Michael Porter “This year just feels different.” It’s one of those ...
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Maximize talent by making it a budget priority
It’s budget season. What are you buying in 2020? The vast majority of you are planning those investments now. The tools we buy will ...
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The Value of Intangible Assets – Your People
When we analyze our businesses, we’re drawn to look at the numbers provided to us by our accountants: cash flow statements, balance sheets, and income statements. And when we look beyond these to other numbers, they are typically derivatives that make up the former reports: sales, gross margin, etc. As managers, we tend to evaluate ...
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Letter From the Chairman – Magnetic Culture, Do You Have It?
BOB WILSON, FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF ADVISA, WRITES A QUARTERLY CHAIRMAN’S LETTER. BOB’S LETTERS SKILLFULLY INCORPORATE HIS YEARS OF CONSULTING EXPERIENCE INTO REAL-LIFE STORIES. ...
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3 Keys to Help Develop Your Leaders
Knowing Ain’t Doing I know I’m supposed to eat salads and workout. I’ll have improved mental health, a trimmer waistline, less risk of certain diseases, live longer, etc. It’s not that I’m NOT aware of these benefits. After a long day, I’d rather eat a burrito and watch TV than eat a bowl of kale ...
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The Leadership Transition + Succession Planning
Begin with the end in mind. Transitioning leadership is a challenge all companies must endure at some point. It can be hard to give up control of something you’ve invested everything in, but it doesn’t have to be as challenging as it first appears. As I began to transition out of the role of CEO, ...
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