by Darcy Bien | Feb 3, 2021 | Strategy
We all know 70% of companies with a strategy outperform their competition and are 12% more profitable. Unfortunately, we also know less than 15% of strategic plans are implemented! How is this possible? Does this mean there’s a lot of wasted time and resources on... 
by Darcy Bien | Nov 9, 2020 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Strategy, Team Building
Cookbooks and food magazines have figured it out! They feature gorgeous photos as a vision, leading us to believe we can re-create the dish or dessert just like the picture. If it were a text-only recipe, we probably wouldn’t be interested – behold the power of visual... 
by Cyndi Wineinger | Nov 9, 2020 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Strategy, Team Building
Dr. Edith Eva Eger was only 16 years old when she was thrown into an Auschwitz concentration camp. Her Mother was instantly separated from her and sent to her death. Dr. Eger quotes her Mother when discussing how she survived the hell she suffered. “No one can take... 
by Cyndi Wineinger | Oct 2, 2020 | Leadership, Organizational Development, Strategy, Team Building
No one has a crystal ball to know what the impact of Covid will have on how we work. Short term, we all hope to have some predictable level of new normal in mid-2020. Long term, I think we have learned a number of things to begin adjusting our leadership methods and... 
by Darcy Bien | Oct 1, 2020 | Leadership, Strategy
The question I am asked all the time is… “What is Strategy?” With so many definitions out there, it is very confusing. In his best-seller, How will you Measure your Life?, written by one of my favorite professors, Clayton Christensen, strategy is described as, “At the... 
by Darcy Bien | Sep 25, 2020 | Leadership, Strategy
Hello friends, Hope you’re doing well in spite of this roller coaster year. For me, some days are better than others. On Sunday, I was brought to tears hearing a beautiful version of “You are not Alone.” What prompted my waterworks? I realized how “lonely” we...