Lessons Learned from the Cleveland Indians’ Historic 22-Game Winning Streak
Five winning traits that any organization should strive to emulate.
Five winning traits that any organization should strive to emulate.
Stand out from the crowd by focusing on making your thought leadership three things: Intriguing, In-depth, and Independent. Also: don’t be an Idiot.
by Alec Pendleton What do you measure in your business? Too often, the answer is: The wrong stuff. Many leaders simply look at the numbers their accountants or software give them, without asking: What do I really need to monitor, so that we have opportunities for improved operations — and higher profitability? Paradoxically, when devising measurements to manage by, it’s typically a good first step to decide what NOT to measure. A great example of this can be found in retailing. A retailer doesn’t create value by manufacturing a product. Instead, a retailer creates value by having the right [...]
It doesn’t seem to matter who publishes it, whether a big accounting or consulting firm, or a leading IT company. And it doesn’t much matter if it’s a white paper, a blog, an assessment tool, a LinkedIn post, or a tweet. Most thought leadership — which collectively costs billions of dollars to develop and distribute — seems crafted not to engage and not to offend. It’s just another checked box on the annual marketing plan. Here’s a typical example (fill in the blanks as you wish): In 2016, [choose from “leading, “savvy,” or “smart”] executives in the [insert economic [...]