Find Your Legacy
“Watch the Feet”: Redux
Over the past nine years ( hard to imagine!!) of writing this blog, I have never “re-published a historic essay. While I have often connected current essays to historic themes, or even expanded on historic essay topics in current essays, I have never before fully re-published an essay until now. Earlier this week, I had […]
“Strategic Inspiration” from a basketball game …. (Or maybe two!)
Preface: I have mentioned in recent posts how lucky I am to have a consulting practice with such a wide range of clients and projects. Ranging from tech and food startups, to massive global biotech companies (and quite an array in-between,) it’s an amazing experience to be 30+ years into a business career and having […]
Contingency Planning: work the “backup to the backup” plan!
Over the course of the 175+ essays on this blog, I have often commented on the importance of executional excellence in achieving success in business. I have been so focused on this idea that I have captured a subset of 48 essays (this will be #49) in my “topic archive” (found on the left side […]
Present, Presence, & Prescient … The “Three P’s” that will help in every context!
I have been thinking about this essay for some time, and have continued to “bump” into examples of how these three concepts, the “ Three P’s” are too often NOT executed or even considered in personal and professional contexts at times with detrimental consequences! Lets start this essay with a brief definition of each of […]
Three “Common Denominators”
As I touched on in a recent post, I have the chance in my consulting practice to work with a wide variety of clients and companies. Ranging from food and technology startups, to billion dollar produce and engineering companies, to a massive global bio-technology organization the breadth of companies and verticals is significant and humbling. […]
An inspiring start to a new year!
It is a wonderful way to begin a year to celebrate Dr. King remembrance day early in January. This year is no exception and candidly has stood out to me as a needed break amidst a crazy barrage of headlines and unbelievable quotes from our president. It’s in this context that I share a few […]
A brisk and inspiring morning at Arlington Cemetery
Last week I had the chance to be in Baltimore and spend a day or so with my dear friend and longtime work partner Cathy. We have known each other, and have worked closely together, for more than 20 years and if I do say so myself, Cathy and I make a pretty darn good […]
Plan “the How” not just “ the What”
It may seem like a simple idea, but I have often been faced by the reality of great (or even just “good”) ideas failing in the marketplace because of a lack of implementation planning. Too often most of the time is focused in the planning stages of a business on the “whats”; “what” has worked […]
Inflection Points of a business… focus on fewer things to insure success!
Over the past year, I have had the pleasure to work with more than a dozen different clients in my consulting practice, ranging from small technology and food startups all the way to global biotech leaders. While the work is extremely varied, it has been fascinating to see a number of “common denominators” that I […]
First ask “why” … then do it 5 times!
Its interesting how many times I see senior executives (and maybe a few consultants like yours truly) feel like they need to have the answers … all of the answers … and they always have to be right. As crazy as that sounds, think about your own situations. Consider how many times you have been […]