Metrics – Friend or Foe?
Budgets and metrics are two tools that can either be your friends or foes. As the executive leader of your organization, you determine in which category they fall for you…
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Business Lesson #1 Learned from the Cockpit
Being an executive leader requires learning lessons from not just personal experiences but also from other sources. Sometimes life lessons are the most real! Here is a business lesson learned…
Read moreWord Du Jour – Strategy!
IT HAPPENED AGAIN TODAY! It is like fingers on a chalkboard to me. As a business strategy consultant, I get frustrated and annoyed at the overuse of the word ‘strategy’…
Read moreThe Department of Labor vs. Your Company – Are You Ready to Rumble?
Ladies and Gentlemen! Your attention, please! Today’s bout is for the heavy weight title of America’s Successful Enterprise. In the near corner, wearing red trunks, is the Department of Labor,…
Read moreThe Big Three
A big part of business strategy consulting is teaching the executive leadership about the planning process. The three keystones to planning are creating a strategy, building a plan, and identifying…
Read more10 Questions to Ask a Potential Consultant
I was recently asked by a medical practice manager how Operational Strategies differs from other management consulting companies. It was a fair question and one that I could easily answer,…
Read moreMediocrity vs. Excellence
Dictionary.com defines success as 1.”the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; and 2.”the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.” As a business strategy consultant, I work…
Read moreCreating the Future With Why
We do business strategy consulting. But what keeps us going client after client is the why we do it. As a group, we enjoy teaching executive leadership and their companies…
Read moreLuis Urzua – An Example of Leadership
Like several million other folks, I watched the final miners being raised one-by-one from the Chilean mine after having been trapped there for over two months. It was absolutely remarkable…
Read moreStrategic is Identifying Options
Today I found myself using words with a friend that I usually reserve for clients: “You have two choices–be intentional and deliberate or continue to play the victim.” My friend…
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