The article introduces Themes as a fundamental practices for success. Organize around Themes to ensure work aligns with delivering the vision. Themes offer a 2-5 year picture of how the business will look. They provide a powerful framework for planning and executing, shaping future outcomes, and differentiating the business.
The best Business Models can be communicated in a few words, documented in a couple pages, and managed with a few meetings. Your Business Model should fit on one or two pages. It should be shared, known and worked on by everyone in your business. Create a Cheat Sheet (n: a written or graphic aid …
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This week I held my first fully remote Strategy Choices Workshop with the leadership team from Formula Roofing. Here's some good and needs improvement things I learned through the process. Let's start with social validation: "This high focus forum has been a very effective way to discuss high level issues with the whole management team" …
The military teaches that leadership is about caring for those in your charge. Yes, that's me on the far left as a new army Lieutenant with my first platoon on a field exercise in Korea. Here are 8 lessons I learned to better care for others on your team: 1. Empathy: Really listen to those …
If you're an entrepreneur, you need to do three things well to realize your vision: 1. Work in the business 2. Work on the business 3. Work on improving how you work on the business These three areas compound success. Lets dive deeper...
In his book, Good to Great, Jim Collins credits level 5 leadership as a defining characteristic of those who guided their companies to great success by outpacing the average in his study. Beyond foundational leadership skills, Level 5 leaders added these defining traits:
Most business leaders assume that by working harder in the business, they will reach their vision. Instead what they need is a StrategyOS that delivers success in a dependable way. What is a Strategy OS and how can you use it in your business? Much like a computer operating system that runs programs to create …
A strategy process or Strategy OS helps leaders build and execute their business vision. But, the benefits are broader than even that ambitious goal. A well implemented Strategy OS also delivers a better quality of life. Let's explore these two benefits in more detail. Building and executing the Vision of your Business Model centers around …
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This post is the second in a series describing how a Strategy OS delivers your Business Model. In Part 1, I described the elements of your Business Model. In this post, I give an overview of the Strategy OS itself that delivers that business model. Many businesses view strategy as an event that happens as …
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Much like a computer operating system that runs programs to create outputs, the Strategy OS runs your Business Model. It delivers outputs in the form of products and services, profits, impact, and ultimately, the business Mission and Vision. In this post, I define the elements that make up a good Business Model in preparation for …
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