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Leading Forward to New Opportunities
Leaders must constantly grapple with an inescapable paradox when it comes to keeping strategy on-course: How can we plan for the longer-term while also focusing on the imperatives to survive short-term challenges? As leaders, we must own the narrative with our...
Planning in a pandemic: ArchPoint’s OGSM model to the rescue
The COVID-19 pandemic has rocked our world in every way possible and the economy is one of the most visibly affected. For many industries, the way people consume goods and services has fundamentally changed. It has been fascinating to watch how leaders have altered...
Using HBDI for self-care: Thinking styles, stressors and strategies
It has been interesting to observe how differently people have been coping with this extended period of isolation. Some are enjoying this time, perhaps even thriving, completely content living in bubbles with immediate family, pets, and Netflix. Others are not...
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Transitioning From Competition To Cooperation
A few years ago, three corporate cultures merged into one when Pierre Foods, Advance Food Company and Advance Brands came together to form AdvancePierre. The company makes and distributes handheld convenience products including packaged sandwiches and fully cooked chicken, beef and pork products to a variety of vendors including school, retail, vending and convenience store […]
Partner Profile: Bob Landis
Bob Landis has joined ArchPoint Consulting. For more than 26 years, Landis has been helping teams of senior leaders to convert strategy into effective execution. Most recently, Landis was Vice President, People & Organization for the global chocolate portfolio at Mars Incorporated. He specializes in human resources, change management and organization development and has worked […]
Traits Of Effective Teams
Great companies are almost always made great by a few small teams. Some people may say corporate strategy made the difference. Others may say it was corporate research. However, most people on the inside would say it was a team of committed individuals who believed they could create something that would fundamentally change how people […]
How To Turn A Virtual Team Around
It Can Be Lonely At The Top: 5 Realities Of Being CEO
1. It can be lonely at the top. Even though the CEO sits at the top of a large organization, building and maintaining genuine relationships is difficult – even impossible for some. “There’s a lot of stuff you want to talk about and as CEO that’s just not appropriate to discuss with even your […]
Partner Profile: Jill Landry
In her role as ArchPoint Consulting’s director of client operations, Jill Landry works to provide the best organizational foundation for ArchPoint to provide the best service to customers, including data gathering, management and analysis and client/process management. Her career includes stints at Adidas, Clorox, Campbell’s and Odwalla climbing through the ranks to senior sales positions. […]
Perseverance Pays Off: Taking Strategy To The Slopes.
CEO Profile: Chris Kiser
Chris Kiser is the new CEO for Allens. Based in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Allens began as Allen Canning Company in 1926. With a mission to feed the world through great tasting, affordable and high-quality vegetables, including anchors like Popeye Brand Spinach, the company has remained focused on the same core values that were set when […]
Could ‘Orthogonality’ Solve Some Of Your Organization’s Problems?
Cormac McCarthy is considered by many to be the greatest living American writer. His works including All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men and The Road have become mainstays of contemporary American culture. But there’s more to McCarthy than his ability to use spare language to tell dark tales. These days he works […]