Agility is King!
We used to say that, “cash is king”. Not any more. Agility is king and cash is just a way of keeping score! Organizational agility — the ability to deal with rapidly changing circumstances while...
View Article[Podcast] Developing an Agile Organization
Mike Richardson discusses why it's becoming crucial to develop an agile organization and why it's the only competitive advantage that has any permanence. The post [Podcast] Developing an Agile...
View ArticleFuture-Proofing Your Business: How Sustainable is your Sustainability?
These days, sustainability can be short lived! Many businesses think they have a sustainable strategy, sustainable execution, and sustainable leadership…until they don’t! Just look at Apple. Last...
View ArticleHas Your Leadership Changed with Change?
Leadership and management have always been about change. But has you leadership changed with change? It has become a real-time unfolding flow of change as a dynamic journey on a shifting landscape in...
View ArticleFrom peer advantage to agility advantage
Yesterday I chaired a “SWAT-Team” meeting for one of my Vistage/TEC CEO members and his management team. Three members of his Vistage/TEC CEO Group (which I chair) and I convened in between our...
View ArticleAdvance your strategic plan with an agile strategy process
I have good news and bad news. The good news is that strategic planning is simpler than you think. The bad news is that the traditional strategic plan and its implementation is dead! Long live an...
View ArticleThe path to agile innovation
Innovation, most would agree, is the secret of sustained success. But maintaining innovation for the long haul is hard. Just look at companies like Blackberry and Sony, who used to be among the most...
View ArticleFend off disruptive outside factors with business agility
Is agility on your horizon? We have always scanned the horizon for outside forces which will impact our business, good and bad, for which we need to ready ourselves. It’s embedded in the essence of...
View Article10 ways to ‘budget’ for agility in 2017
In this age of widespread disruption, your organization needs to meet two key goals: One, you need to constantly scan the horizon for disruptive forces. Two, you need to budget for agility, because...
View ArticleWhat to learn from the firing of Ford CEO Mark Fields
When Mark Fields became CEO of the Ford Motor Company in 2014, he had some very big shoes to fill. His predecessor, Alan Mulally, had previously led a spectacular turnaround at the automaker, taking...
View ArticleClarifying the Narrowly Focused Health Insurance Tax Credit
In a recent Wall Street Journal article, there was a WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Survey that illustrated the confusion many CEO’s have regarding the Small Employer Health Insurance Credit. In light...
View ArticleNew Product Development Process: The Role of Design, R&D, and More
After getting your house in order it is time to move from ideation to the new product development processes. The 3rd step in Robert’s Rules of Innovation addresses New Product Development. This...
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