Who Does the Best Thinking in Your Organization?

In my work with Jim Horan, founder and chief architect of The One Page Business Plan (tm), I have become enamored with his question, "Who does the best thinking in your organization?"  This question not only makes leaders think, but often act very differently.  Good leaders recognize that if they are the best thinkers then [...]

The Annual Strategic Plan is Dead

The Annual Strategic Plan is Dead A good deal of the corporate planning I have observed is like a ritual rain dance; it has no effect on the weather that follows, but those who engage in it think it does. Moreover, it seems to me that much of the advice and instruction related to corporate [...]