by Beth Strathman | Mar 22, 2017 | executive, leadership, strategy, tactics
If your company is like most, you set goals then wait to see what happens — as if merely stating the goal will bring it about. In reality, for goals to make a real difference to your company, you need to pay more attention than that. You must pay attention to...
by Beth Strathman | Feb 8, 2017 | executive, leadership, strategic planning, strategy, tactics
Based on a 2011 McKinsey study, only 10% of executives were “very satisfied” with how they spend their time. Also, 50% of executives were not allocating their work time on activities tied to company goals. Why weren’t these executives focused on the very goals...
by Beth Strathman | Jan 23, 2017 | leadership, strategy, tactics
Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply share your latest company goals with employees and rest assured they would automatically achieve them without further ado? Most of the time that doesn’t happen, though. Yes, your leadership does come in handy. But you have to...
by Beth Strathman | Jan 17, 2017 | leadership, strategy, tactics, vision
I once worked for an organization where, even with an inspiring mission, its inability to convert its vision for the future into concrete reality made going working lackluster and frustrating. The employees had no clear direction for how to bring the vision (and...
by Beth Strathman | Sep 11, 2016 | executive, leadership, leadership skills, leadership training, strategic planning, strategy, success, tactics
We are educated. We are modern human beings. We make decisions every day. How inaccurate and incomplete can our thinking be? I always thought I was a good at logical thinking. Then I went to law school. Law school taught me how to think through an issue more...
by Beth Strathman | Jun 17, 2016 | business, delegate, leadership, leadership skills, leadership training, management skills, management training, personal productivity, strategic planning, strategy, tactics, time management
The world moves so quickly these days, it feels hard to keep up. With the proliferation of available information, you can trick yourself into believing that you need to keep up with all information and happenings. However, it isn’t simply paying attention to...
