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Are you stuck in the trenches? An interesting thing happens with growth, there are consequences. Most growth stories follow a similar pattern: Business starts off being really good at what they do The process of running the Business is loose, which works well Enough time passes and the Business becomes bigger and more complex The…

Make position the company’s “differentiator” IN my last column I wrote about the importance of starting with “why”” when undertaking a strategic planning process. The purpose of a strategic planning process is to set a clear direction for your business and, as importantly, what are the strategies or projects to focus on. The contextual business…

Delloitte Women in Consulting - Executive Presence Workshop

So what’s the big deal about executive presence? The concept of “executive presence” is getting quite a lot of chatter around it as a development for leaders getting to the next rung. The problem is that most people don’t even know what the heck it is but rather it falls into the “I’ll know it when…

Five reasons to tell better stories One of the defining challenges for business, and for business leaders, is now “explaining yourself to the Internet”. How do you get people to recognize and appreciate your unique value in the global maelstrom of competing claims and distractions? At an even more basic level, how do you explain…