by lightnw9 | Aug 15, 2024 | Facilitation, Guest Post, Leadership
Once in a while, when I’m reading about leadership best practices, I notice the mention of tools that, at first, sound kind of mundane. For example, a leadership blogger might talk about agendas or scorecards or forms that track special projects, or a grid that gets...
by lightnw9 | Mar 15, 2024 | Culture, Guest Post, Leadership, Talent
GUEST POST by Meena Andiappan, Madelynn Stackhouse, and Tunde Ogunfowora in The Conversation In today’s job market, where highly skilled workers are scarce and specialized skills are in high demand, employers are facing the challenge of filling job...
by lightnw9 | Apr 2, 2023 | Culture, Guest Post, Leadership, Planning
GUEST POST by John Howman from Allied Consuting Group My good friend, Tim Dodge, turned me on to a book called Smart Brevity by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz. It’s excellent and (as you’d expect) short! The authors are the founders of Axios and Politco,...
by lightnw9 | Mar 31, 2023 | Guest Post, Leadership, Strategy
GUEST POST by Scott Tappan from Strategic Sales Solutions Is your sales process effective and efficient? Or is it missing critical factors that could help accelerate your sales growth? If you aren’t sure how to answer these questions, your sales process – and your...
by lightnw9 | Nov 28, 2022 | Culture, Guest Post, Leadership
GUEST POST by John Howman from Allied Consuting Group Sometimes when I think about corporate culture, it reminds me of the 1964 quote from Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart about pornography. As he said, “It’s hard to describe, but I know it when I see...
by lightnw9 | Oct 25, 2022 | Guest Post, Leadership
I recently delivered my 2,000th session with the hard-charging leadership teams of 135 companies. As I reflect back on 14,000 hours in a session room, it’s crystal clear to me what the number one cause of a company’s greatness is. There isn’t even a close second....
