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New Model Release – Decision Alignment Model

StrategyDriven contributors are pleased to announce the release of our eighth model: Decision Alignment Model. Credibility of the organization’s mission and values depends largely on management decisions that exemplify them. Maintaining credibility includes strong reinforcement of mission goals and organizational values when decisions are made that affect cost, production, and/or schedule. Consistency between leadership’s decisions […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 6b – An Interview with Gregory Berns, author of Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently, part 2 of 2

Special Edition 6b examines what makes iconoclasts so astoundingly creative and successful. During the second part of our discussion, Gregory Berns, author of, Iconoclast, and Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics at Emory University, shares with us his insights regarding encouraging employee creativity with a culture of openness, combating group think in decision-making, and fostering iconoclastic behavior within an organization.

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 6a – An Interview with Gregory Berns, author of Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently, part 1 of 2

Special Edition 6a – An Interview with Gregory Berns, author of Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently, part 1 of 2 examines what makes iconoclasts so astoundingly creative and successful. During our discussion, Gregory Berns, author of Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently and Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics at Emory University, shares with us his insights regarding who are iconoclasts, the three characteristic traits of an iconoclast, how perception influences creativity and actions individuals can take to expand their perception, and the impact of courage on iconoclasm.

Leadership Inspirations – Listening

“Think of all the times in your life when you learned something, when you discovered something new. When this happened, were you speaking or listening?” Lucas Ives Consultant Verizon Wireless When speaking, you are providing information and when listening, you are receiving information. It may be nothing new, but then again, it may be new, […]

Documenting Performance Measure Drivers

Organizational performance measures help leaders drive behaviors, trigger actions, and create alignment. In addition to providing timely decision-making information, performance measures serve as mechanisms to quickly communicate results-based performance information throughout the organization.


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