Monthly Archives: December 2011

Principles are better than recipes

So here’s the scene.  It’s eleven-thirty a.m. on a work day.  I’m meeting with Andrew, the president of a local company to talk about organizational changes anticipated for the coming year and how to raise the leadership contributions of senior … Continue reading

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The 30% rule

What I’m going to describe to you is a principle of business strategy, planning and management that will help your organization for many years to come.  It’s not a tool that you can implement today and see the effect tomorrow.  … Continue reading

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