by John Havlik | Jan 17, 2019 | Strategic Planning
Hey GLC readers! 2019 starts with lots of unknowns and questions. Are you… Going to do the same things and follow the same strategies as last year, or… Going to take some chances and try some things out of the box? Kinda scary huh, especially if your organization...
by Bill Treasurer | Jan 10, 2019 | Strategic Planning
Strategic planning is a necessary activity if you want your company to communicate its goals externally and internally. For instance, if your objective is to make 2026 your company’s best year ever, but you don’t tell everyone at the company, how do you expect to...
by Bill Treasurer | Apr 26, 2016 | Latest Updates, Strategic Planning
Inspiring creativity and imagination often requires disrupting people’s mental routines and catching them off guard. For example, a large manufacturer of paper plates held a series of marketing meetings. However, for people who spent most of their working life...
by Bill Treasurer | Jul 1, 2015 | Strategic Planning
I was speaking with a friend recently who is at his wits’ end about how his weekly staff meeting runs. He is already doing a lot of things right. He creates and circulates an agenda in advance. He emphasizes the start and end times of the meeting, and why it is...
by Bill Treasurer | Nov 27, 2013 | Strategic Planning
Reward Courageous Behavior, Not Just Successful Outcomes It is important to differentiate between a successful outcome and a courageous act. Being courageous, by definition, means to take on challenges despite the potential for failure. Courageous workers do, in fact,...
by Bill Treasurer | Oct 9, 2013 | Strategic Planning
You hear a lot about the importance of metrics in organizations. When it comes to behavior and performance, as the saying goes, you get what you measure. It’s also said that you can’t manage what you can’t measure. While it is important for leaders to make...
