by Richard Spoon | Apr 12, 2015 | Strategy & OGSM
Facilitating a meeting is part art, part science. The best meeting facilitators have a quirky blend of charm, insights, humor and charisma. Some are just born with an ability to focus a group and get results—the rest of us have to work at it. While some of the tips...
by Jesse Edelman | Feb 2, 2015 | Branding, Marketing, Strategy & OGSM
When deciding whether the right move is to build a brand from scratch or buy an existing brand, companies have to weigh the pros and cons of different approaches to building their business. They also have to take into account the specifics of their company’s situation...
by ArchPoint | Jan 10, 2015 | Strategy & OGSM, Talent Management
Is your HR department a passive service provider to the organization, or does it play an active and strategic role in achieving your goals? Many HR departments have been mired for so long in the minutia of administrative and legal responsibilities, that they don’t...
by ArchPoint | Dec 10, 2014 | Strategy & OGSM
OGSM is a world-class strategy model that transforms objectives, goals, strategies and measures into actionable and executable plans. The origins of OGSM stretch back to the 1950’s. In the 1980’s, Procter & Gamble popularized OGSM as a means of aligning the...
by Richard Spoon | Dec 2, 2014 | Organization Design, Strategy & OGSM
Creating and maintaining a business that lasts requires leaders with a particular vision, awareness and dedication—leaders who can morph and steady their organizations in keeping with the market and technology to the greatest long-term benefit. The previous decade has...
by Blaze Petersen | Nov 10, 2014 | Leadership, Organization Design, Strategy & OGSM
Layers in an organization eat speed, muddle messages and draw out decision-making. Like the childhood game, Telephone, when players whisper a message round a circle, layers confuse. What starts out as, “The yellow dog ran toward the hippopotamus,” after seven layers...
