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Is it time to rethink your strategy chessboard through lateral thinking?

"You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper."  Edward De Bono I was preparing for a strategy program with a client recently and came across some notes on one of the more invigorating topics on creativity: lateral thinking.  The term and concept of "lateral thinking" was coined and […]

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Management by Consensus-The Tyranny of Mediocrity

Developing an Effective Decision-Making Style is One of the Many Challenges of New LeadersMany managers and most early-career leaders struggle with their responsibility for decision-making.  Some leaders are fearful of exposing themselves by making a bad decision and therefore, avoid this responsibility.  Others feel empowered by their station and make frequent, unfounded and ill-advised decisions, […]

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The Role of Strategy in the Evolving Founder-Led Business

Part 1 of Many: One of the most challenging and important phases in the life-cycle of a founder-led business occurs when the organization has matured sufficiently to require the addition of new talent and the evolution of its operating approaches.  There is a sizable body of literature on the challenges that  founders and their entrepreneurial […]

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