As a leader, you’re continually making requests. Your success depends on getting things done through others. So how good are you at making requests and getting what you want?
Michael Canic
Grow Your Business? Sure, But Here’s What to Grow
It seems obvious. You should want to grow your business. But is that necessarily a good thing? Growth brings with it a set of serious challenges.
Effective Leaders Effectively Manage These 4 Paradoxes
Effective leaders are able to manage paradox – concepts that are seemingly at odds with each other. They are able to understand and navigate the nuances that determine success or failure in the real world.
Evolving Your Brand: Honoring the Old While Creating the New
If yours is like many businesses, there will come a time when you have to evolve your brand. What you offer, who you serve, what you want to be known for.
How to Change Culture When Culture is Entrenched
Cultural change is hard. Especially so in a massive organization where that culture is deeply entrenched. Yet that was Mary Barra’s task when she took over the helm of GM three years ago.
Why You May NOT Want to Attract More Customers
“How do we get more customers?”
It’s a question every business asks. The answer for many: Create more product and service options that attract customers.
Why You Shouldn’t Pursue a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
It’s one of the most accepted truisms of business strategy: You should pursue a sustainable competitive advantage. It could take the form of a unique business model, a proprietary process, special skills, or any number of things that allow you to
Why Doing Less Allows You to Accomplish More
If there’s one thing I’m relentless about when it comes to strategy, it’s do less.
How to Have “FUN” with Failure
You’re going to love this. (But, first, a disclaimer: if you’re easily offended by harsh language then you may not want to read this post …)
Why Leaders, Now More Than Ever, Should Rise Above
Incivility is becoming a dangerous norm. We have politicians acting with blatant disrespect. We have media attacking other media for what gets reported and how. We have events at which people shout down speakers whose views they disagree with. And we have
How Teamwork Benefits Individual Performance
Winning the Indy 500 is one of the great achievements of motorsport. The winner, who must outduel 32 other competitors on race day, epitomizes the synthesis of courage, skill and judgment.
How One Company Reflects its Values in Business Practices
While in the UK recently, whenever I had the urge for fresh and tasty take-away food I would seek out a Pret a Manger. Pret (as it is commonly known) is an international, ready-to-eat food chain. With a creative selection of sandwiches, salads, soups and wraps, you could easily fall in love with this chain for the food alone.