All of us – from those in the C-Suite to others at workstations – have heard a lot about how to have more effective meetings. Yet we still find ourselves in meetings that are poorly organized, run too long...

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There is risk management as we know it, and then there is CSRisk, as this author defines it, a triad of Creativity, Strategy and Risk Management. As he writes, the development and merging together of these three capabilities will...

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Like perhaps other terms that have become staples of the management vocabulary, the word “sustainability” has come to mean several different things. But, as this author says and describes, sustainability means only one thing. The true and legitimate sustainable organization...

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Stakeholders often approve a strategic plan without scrutinizing the strategic assumptions, the very foundation on which the plan has been built (Sound familiar? As in, “…the value of this derivative, which we call a Collaterized Debt Obligation, is built on...

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Whether it’s in a meeting or an impromptu encounter in the hallway, conversation should be clear, strong and truthful. Yet in many cases, conversation – which can account more than 50 percent of an individual’s working day – is shallow,...

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If the Balanced Scorecard or a Strategic Map can help an organization track its performance and goals, then why not develop a similar tool that enables an individual to achieve that most elusive of goals, a work-life balance? Enter the...

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