Two of our LeadershipOne business writers, Hal Johnson and Ed Street, expect to have their new book, The Accountable Executive, released in the Spring of 2009. This is the second in a series of five articles, each addressing a key accountability function, based on material from their book. They have observed that accountability is a… Read more »
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Being Accountable for Effective Direction
Two of our LeadershipOne business writers, Hal Johnson and Ed Street, expect to have their new book, The Accountable Executive, released in the Spring of 2009. After last month’s introduction, this is the first in a series of five articles – The Five Accountability Functions – based on material from their book. They have observed… Read more »
Ownership – Encouraging Your Family to Focus on the Business
Encouraging your family to focus on the business You must offer training and support to family members and provide a forum for airing their concerns. Conflicts between family members and business managers are legendary in the family business world. Research by Russ Alan Prince of market research and consulting firm Prince & Associates indicates that… Read more »
The Accountable Executive
Two of our LeadershipOne business writers, Hal Johnson and Ed Street, expect to have their new book, The Accountable Executive, released in the Spring of 2009. This is the first in a series of five articles based on material from their book. They have observed this is a meaningful area of struggle in many mid-market… Read more »
What Does Your Company’s Management System Look Like?
I just completed reading The Toyota Way by Jeffrey Liker. It’s been out for over three years but I just got around to it. A terrific read for managers and business leaders. Really good stuff. The book talks about 14 principles of the Toyota Production Systems (TPS). There are many gems that I think could… Read more »
The Game of a Lifetime – Becoming an Extraordinary Leader
Ask any golfer and they enthusiastically explain how golf mirrors life. Non-golfers are not impressed and, with a perplexed look will ask, “What in the ….does that mean?” Simply, it means that the way you present yourself in life (and business) will be the way you show up on the golf course. If you are… Read more »
Perspective
It’s something we all need, particularly leaders. But it is not easy to maintain. The urgent demands of the day-to-day issues in business often deflect the attention of the leader away from the important to the urgent. It happens all the time. Yet, leaders are tasked to keep an eye on the horizon, creating a… Read more »
Does Management Development Really Work?
We at LeadershipOne have a fascinating window into how various businesses manage change. As you probably know, our firm specializes in assisting businesses with their transition issues; read as change. We have identified seven of the key transition issues, which my partner, Kurt Glassman, and I described in our book, The Tripping Points. (By the… Read more »
Enquiring Business Cultures
Recently there have been a number of conversations among some of our clients and us about the impact the business culture has on the business. It is a source of significant influence on the way we approach our work, yet it seems that there are few overt strategies to optimize that influence. A key component… Read more »
A Sensible Approach to the Budgeting Process
Whether you are a small technology company, a diversified corporation, a business in turnaround or one of the many in-between, the budgeting process will be enhanced if focus is directed toward strategy, operations and finance. In addition, personnel who have as stake in the firm’s financial strength, growth and overall value should be involved in… Read more »