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Understand Team Behaviors to optimize your Strategic Plan
Over the years, Darcy and I continue to see how behavioral assessments improve the Strategic Planning process. These assessments are like a “playbook” for how teams operate as they run strategic plays in their organization. If we only have a strategy, without an...
Staying Ahead of the Game: The Latest Trends in Strategy
Today’s world of strategy is evolving to incorporate the “latest and greatest tactics” to get ahead of the competition. Before we dive into the recent trends, let’s clarify what strategy is. A 2018 McKinsey article defines strategy as “a way of thinking about your...
Find Your Greatness
Do you remember Nike's "Find Your Greatness" campaign? It's beyond brilliant. One ad features a young boy running on a country road. His pace is far from record breaking, in fact, he's barely jogging as the voiceover delivers a powerful message, "Greatness is not more...
How Strategy has Changed
Twenty years ago, in my early strategic planning days with the Chamber of Commerce, we had a solid strategic planning process. Unfortunately, much of the discussion occurred in a vacuum and we did not collect feedback beyond the executive team. The companies we worked...
Are you investing enough in Leadership Development and Strategic Plans?
As many of you know, I have been supporting strategic planning processes for more than 25 years. It’s been a blessing to work with passionate and dedicated leaders. About ten years ago, I made a conscious decision to solve the biggest challenge with strategy…...
Do your Core Values Stand the Test of Time?
Core Values guide every action and behavior of your organization. They are your cultural cornerstones! Your moral compass! When you Google “Core Values,” here’s a great definition: Core values are an individual or organization's fundamental beliefs and highest...
Change Management: Tools for Success
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, "Change is the only constant in life." We’ve seen enough lately to know this is certainly the case in business. Who thought that, in today’s day and age, a Silicon Valley bank could go bust? There’s a reason we study and train on...
Strategic Planning is the Easy Part. Implementation is Hard!
Why do so many Companies Fail at Strategy? Statistics have proven – over and over – that 67% of companies fail at strategy. That’s a “D” people! Strategic Planning is worth it! Over the past 25 years I have experienced many companies with baggage from their “last”...
A New Year brings New Goals
Happy 2023! We hope you had a great holiday and are feeling excited for the New Year! I got to meet my new Great Nephew, Luke Daniel, who is named after my son in Heaven, Daniel. What a powerful experience that is! It reminds me of new life and a world of...
Together We are Better: Strategy and Leadership Development
Who wants to enjoy work? We all work hard, and our days are more fun when we love what we do. Cyndi and I created Stretch Strategic Leaders to facilitate this “love what you do” mission – specifically by integrating leadership development and strategic planning. This...
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