by Richard Spoon | May 18, 2023 | Leadership
Through a recent podcast, I was reminded of a TED talk given by Niro Sivanathan, a professor of organizational behavior at the London Business School, in which he introduces two hypothetical students. One student “studies 31 hours per week outside of class,” while the...
by Richard Spoon | Mar 30, 2023 | Leadership, Talent Management, Teams
Consider the bee. On a productive day, she visits as many as 5,000 flowers, quickly extracting the nectar and pollen, then moving on to the next flower, where she’ll repeat the process and aid in the blooming of countless meadows. Now consider the woodpecker. If he...
by Richard Spoon | Mar 7, 2022 | Strategy & OGSM
I have used OGSM for nearly three decades, over half of my career. Through my tenure at Procter & Gamble and Campbell Soup, we used OGSM to align our business units globally and in my years as a consultant, we have used OGSM to develop and execute strategic plans...
by Richard Spoon | Mar 29, 2021 | Leadership, Talent Management
The leadership development industry in the US is a $14B industry and growing. Organizations operate quite differently from 20 and even ten years ago, and the meaning of leadership has changed over time. Problem solving and decision making continue to be pushed down...
by Richard Spoon | Dec 15, 2020 | Strategy & OGSM
Truth is the basis of progress. With decisions, strategy,plans, and performance, turning from bad to better requires facing reality and connecting dots between cause and effect, answering: where are we and more importantly, how did we get here? It requires digging...