I’m getting ready for another exciting Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting this weekend in Omaha! It’s the first where I get to help my investing clients get a better handle on what’s happening at Berkshire Hathaway and the business world overall. Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger will be holding court and…
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Entrepreneurs, Are You Leveraging 10,000 Strong?
What’s the biggest hard trend impacting your organizations today? One hard trend seems to have snuck up on many of my clients and partners’ teams. It’s what I call 10,000 strong! I think it may be vanity. Or maybe most great leaders are optimists. Or maybe it’s both/and.
Continue Reading....How does your Chief Data Officer help grow your organization?
I’m in Boston next week for IBM’s Chief Data Officer Strategy Summit. It gives me a chance to better understand the changing role of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) in today’s organizations. Many of my financial service and healthcare clients already have people in this role. They’re in heavily regulated…
Continue Reading....Can A Coach Help You Anticipate Your Organization’s Future?
How do you become a more powerful leader? What are the key skills you need to have to be a better leader in 2018? Can you learn how to anticipate the future faster? As an executive coach, I’ve been sharing Dan Burrus’s new book, The Anticipatory Organization.
Continue Reading....Can Planning Analytics Help Finance Team Leverage Growth?
The role of the finance team is changing in today’s competitive global markets. How your finance team adapts to these changes can mean the difference between success and failure for your midmarket organization. Planning analytics are changing the way we run our businesses.
Continue Reading....What Quality Transforms Business in the Cognitive Age?
What role do values have in growing your organization in the cognitive age? What quality is critical to your business success? We live in a world where business seems to be changing on an almost hourly basis. So what values are critical to build a more flexible organization? I spent…
Continue Reading....Are You Leading the HR Empowerment Revolution?
How can technology help HR add value to your organization? Last week, I had an opportunity to go to the IBM OutThink program in LA. It was a great opportunity to see how HR is adding value on the West Coast. Today, I talk about what I learned and how…
Continue Reading....Can HR Analytics Investments Help Make Your HR Team a MVP?
One of the challenges we face as executives is deciding what technology projects we invest in for our organizations. This year many clients and partners are trying to decide where to invest their money for the coming year. Many are considering making HR analytics investments for 2017. I thought it…
Continue Reading....What business trends are accelerating HR analytics adoption?
With the HR professionals in many of my clients, I have seen increased interest in HR analytics. Many of these clients see it as an opportunity to have a larger impact on their organization’s success.
Continue Reading....Can Board Members Help You Build a Stronger Strategy?
One of the primary roles of the board of directors or advisory board is to help CEOs build stronger organizations. Choosing the right people to work with your leadership team can help spell success or failure for you as a leader. They can help you build a better business strategy!
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