by Craig Berkowitch | Sep 30, 2015 | Strategy & OGSM
It’s that time of year when business leaders and their teams scramble to fill out templates, create Power Point presentations, and attend what seem like endless meetings all in an attempt to comply with the company’s strategic planning process. In many cases, however,...
by ArchPoint | Sep 2, 2015 | Leadership, Strategy & OGSM
Continuing our Voice of the Leader series around OGSM* interviews, we asked leaders from organizations around North America to share their breakthrough moment experiences in using OGSM as their strategy development framework. Question: Did you have a light bulb moment...
by Richard Spoon | Aug 31, 2015 | Change Management, Leadership, Strategy & OGSM
In part one of this series we touched on leaders believing and trusting in their organizations using vision and enduring values. These set up the guardrails by which managers lead. But how do you, as a leader, work within these guardrails? We would suggest, especially...
by Richard Spoon | Aug 21, 2015 | Leadership, Strategy & OGSM
A Competitive Advantage Exercise: When planning strategy options for next year, consider that at a basic level, every company’s market differentiation focuses on one of three areas—customer service, operational effectiveness and technology/innovation. History...
by Richard Spoon | Jul 13, 2015 | Change Management, Leadership, Strategy & OGSM
By design and even by nature, a business leaders’ instinct is to take the reins and lead. However, many mistakenly believe they can succeed without the support and enrollment of their organization’s key influencers and staff. Time and time again we see this behavior...
by Jesse Edelman | Jun 14, 2015 | Commercial & Customers, Customers, Leadership, Sales, Strategy & OGSM
Every company that turns its lights on every day is competing. Winning is the aspiration, but there’s a big difference between competing and winning. Simply competing does not guarantee winning. Why do some companies win and some simply compete? Most companies have a...