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The Leaders We Have Vs. Leaders We Need
One of the defining strategic challenges of this decade is the widening gap between the leaders we have and the leaders we need. This is not simply a leadership shortage. It is a leadership mismatch. Organizations continue to promote people into roles that were designed for yesterday’s problems while expecting them to solve tomorrow’s. The…
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After 365 Days…this is what I know
Today marks 365 consecutive days of writing the Strategic Alignment Journal. When I published the first article, I couldn’t have predicted where the journey would take me. I thought I was writing about leadership, alignment, organizational culture, strategy, decision-making, systems thinking, psychology, philosophy, and constraints. Looking back, I realize I wasn’t writing about different subjects…
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Embrace Uncertainty as a Source of Innovation, Adaptability & Competitive Advantage
Embracing uncertainty is critical to your success, especially in this volatile, rapidly evolving business landscape. However uncertainty goes against the grain of us humans, who want to control our environment. Margie Warrell PhD, tells us that embracing uncertainty is critical to our success. In a Forbes article, written almost a decade ago she shares: We…

