Leadership Inspirations – Issuing Orders

“It doesn’t take much talent to issue orders. It does take continued discipline to study the variety of people you are leading in order to understand what it take to motivate them – and to inspire them to do their very best to make the company and themselves a success.” J. Fred Bucy Director, Intrusion, […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Series

StrategyDriven Leadership Conversation Episode 5a – Relational Leadership: The Building Blocks of Trust, part 1 of 2

StrategyDriven Leadership Conversations focus on the values and behaviors characteristic of highly effective leaders. Complimenting the StrategyDriven Management & Leadership articles, these conversations examine the real world challenges managers face every day that are not easily solved with a new or redesigned process and instead demand the application of soft leadership skills to achieve a […]

New Tool Release – Value of Employee Productivity

StrategyDriven contributors are pleased to announce the release of Diversity and Inclusion – Value of Employee Productivity. Loss of productivity costs resulting from acts of incivility and poor managerial behavior are staggering and yet goes largely unrecognized. There is no financial statement line item, no general ledger entry, and no budget explicitly set aside for […]

Leadership Inspirations – Producing Happiness

“The happy people are those who are producing something; the bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing.” William Ralph Inge (1860 – 1954) English author, Anglican priest, Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, and Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral

11 Ideas for Economic Recovery

Finding opportunity in the down economy Pick any sector right now, and what do you see? People and businesses are looking for opportunities. What kinds of opportunities? Real estate investments, undervalued stocks, strategic partnerships, you name it. The one pervading message we’re hearing lately is that organizations are watching for the economic recovery to start […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 54 – An Interview with Gail Martin, author of 30 Days to Social Media Success

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 54 – An Interview with Gail Martin, author of 30 Days to Social […]

StrategyDriven Organizational Performance Measures Best Practice Article

Map Performance Measure Ownership

Real ownership of a performance measure means an individual is not only accountable for the performance indicated but is dedicated to improving that performance over time.

StrategyDriven Decision Making Article

Decisions are Never Emotional

Imagine if instead of believing that unexpected decisions are emotional, we assume they have a very specific reason, even if we don’t understand or agree. Then what? Is it just easier to believe the other person to be irrational? Decision-Makers Must Comply with Their System Because decision-makers take actions that outsiders regularly believe to be […]

Leadership Inspirations – Believe None of What You Hear

“People may doubt what you say but they will believe what you do.” Lewis Cass (1782 – 1866) American military officer and politician

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 39 – Making Change Work: A Radical Approach to Change Management, Real Leadership

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 39 – Making Change Work: A Radical Approach to Change Management, Real Leadership explores […]