It’s said that you go bankrupt very slowly then very fast. I hope you never find yourself in this position, but the reality is that most businesses will experience difficult times, especially in the early years. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that from...
Planning is great. Planning is important. Without planning, you’re not sure where you’re going, and you don’t know how to get there. But planning is not playing. Planning is not action. When you’re planning the game, you’re not playing the game. That’s what the...
The tragic phenomenon of death from overworking is known as “karōshi” in Japanese. In this blog I will be addressing how the right goals can help you avoid such a fate. When wrong goals + harmful company culture = bad news No one has a goal of dying from...
This post is the first in a three-part series on group dynamics. Understanding group dynamics is undeniably critical for leading a successful organization and it begins with process and content. I’ve gone into large organizations and seen groups working together like...
FRAGMENTATION, in a business context , describes organizations undertaking a CHANGE or TRANSFORMATION where focus and will are split and different sections of the organization are on their own separate paths. Some are charging ahead, embracing the vision for the...
Warren Buffett’s sale of $900 million worth of Walmart stock, a move that could signal “the death of retail sales as we know it” according to the Business Insider headline, got me thinking about CHANGE vs. TRANSFORMATION. Bold predictions aside, what I found...
Chris McGoff has become a highly sought-after speaker at management conferences around the country. In 2013, Chris appeared at TEDx Rock Creek Park for a talk entitled "Accessing the Extraordinary."
