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The Execution Gap is the biggest gap of all. It’s created by combination of  static approaches to managing the strategic roll-out and the organizations’ resistance to change. Since every consultant on the planet has their own version of tools to manage the execution phase – I’m not going to focus on that here.  Instead, I’mRead more

The Learning Gap is a second reason many strategies fail.   Why?  Because we think we know what’s the latest and greatest, when in fact, we don’t. The foundation of the Learning Gap is a paradox.  Here’s how it works We’re all trained to seek the status of expert. In business and in our hobbiesRead more

You create a great business strategy.  You just know it’s going to take you to market leadership, and a big bottom line result. Six months later you’re feeling like you’re pushing on a rope. But you just know everything will come into sync soon. A year later, you’ve tried everything. Your brilliant strategy has goneRead more

In private coaching sessions, leaders often tell me they believe their people skills are lacking.  The reasons follow the same track: They can’t seem to motivate that worker to step up their performance. They can’t compel their team to shift their thinking and innovate. They’ve tried everything but they just can’t get people to acceptRead more