2011 March

3 Power Moves for Greater Decision Making

3 Power Moves for Greater Decision Making

Power Move One:  Know When to Disengage

It is of utmost importance to recognize when you’ve entered into a no win situation and have Read More

Diversify Your Business Risk

Diversify Your Business Risk

We’ve all heard the saying that “…you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket.”   The same thing could be said about betting everything on one Read More

Lessons in Customer Service from Southwest Airlines

Lessons in Customer Service from Southwest Airlines

I flew in from Arizona on Sunday. Southwest Airlines from Phoenix to Burbank. For those of you in Southern California, you Read More

Our Technology Imperative

Our Technology Imperative

At Vistage, we have four strategic imperatives , some or all of which may be imperatives for other companies as Read More

The Music Is All Around Us

The Music Is All Around Us

For those of you who saw the 2007 movie August Rush , you learned that life’s lessons (personal and professional) are Read More

What Every Executive Should Know About Strategic Planning – Part 9

What Every Executive Should Know About Strategic Planning – Part 9

How do you assess your process for strategic planning and know if it is on track or as optimized as it might be?  The analysis Read More

How is the Japan Disaster Affecting You and Your Staff? : 5 Tips for Helping Them and Not Hurting You.

How is the Japan Disaster Affecting You and Your Staff? : 5 Tips for Helping Them and Not Hurting You.

Many folks worldwide are personally struggling with the devastation, large loss of lives and possible nuclear meltdowns happening in Japan.

It’s Read More

Creating Cross-Divisional Innovation Cohesion

Creating Cross-Divisional Innovation Cohesion

R&D, Marketing, Sales, Finance, IT – you’re familiar with the most common departments within a standard company, and have likely been involved with one or Read More

Lessons from Japan- The Worst Case Scenario

Lessons from Japan- The Worst Case Scenario

It is perhaps the most daunting business paradox; the success of a business is based on a future that is nearly impossible to predict.  It may Read More

The Golden Days of Online Group Coupons are Almost Over

The Golden Days of Online Group Coupons are Almost Over

Groupon and Living Social are red hot as the two of the most successful online social Read More

Our International Imperative

Our International Imperative

At Vistage, we have four strategic imperatives.  Some or all of them might apply to other companies too.
The third of our Read More

Beware of Geeks Bearing Tips

Beware of Geeks Bearing Tips

Today’s title is a reference to the line, “Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts” which comes from the story of Troy and Read More

Are You a Great CEO? What Do You Think?

Are You a Great CEO? What Do You Think?

I always look forward to the coming of spring. It’s a time of renewal and growth. And just as I choose the seeds I wish Read More

What Every Executive Should Know About Strategic Planning – Part 8

What Every Executive Should Know About Strategic Planning – Part 8

The spectrum of corporate strategic planning models and processes is broad, and the term has taken on many different connotations over recent decades. For Read More

What Business Leaders Can Learn from March Madness

What Business Leaders Can Learn from March Madness

From the sidelines, most basketball games can look frenzied: offensive players trying to find an open man, defenders hoping to trap and steal a ball, Read More

What are QR Codes and what can they do for your business?

What are QR Codes and what can they do for your business?

Despite recent research from Forrester that shows only a one percent adoption rate, there’s a rare consensus drawn from marketing executives at the mention Read More

Innovation Leads to Ethanol at the Pump?

Innovation Leads to Ethanol at the Pump?

Next time you fill up at the pump, check for a new sticker: “Contains up to 10% Ethanol.”

It represents “innovative” efforts by Big Oil, Read More

Our Organic Growth Imperative

Our Organic Growth Imperative

At Vistage, we have four strategic imperatives .  Some or all of these may apply to many other companies.
Today, I’d Read More

Are WE Winning?

Are WE Winning?

The recent Charlie Sheen debacle is the kind of public spectacle that underscores the current media environment – one that encourages the outrageous.   The more outlandish, the Read More

Find Your Professional Passion

Find Your Professional Passion

At 51, I’m finally engaged in two professional pursuits that inspire me on a daily basis.  First, my full-time position as VP, Public Affairs at Vistage Read More

What Every Executive Should Know About Strategic Planning – Part 7

What Every Executive Should Know About Strategic Planning – Part 7

In this week’s edition, part 7 of this 12 part article series on corporate strategic planning, we will continue the discussion on Read More

Google Responds to Japan Disasters With What It Does Best

Google Responds to Japan Disasters With What It Does Best

When disaster strikes there are certain organizations who are uniquely positioned to do more than just watch. Military units from around the globe can step Read More

Is Facebook the new telephone?

Is Facebook the new telephone?

Since I am of a certain age (I was born when Ike was President of the U.S.), I have friends that refuse to engage on Read More

5 Social Media Blunders That Prevent Brands From Showing a ROI

5 Social Media Blunders That Prevent Brands From Showing a ROI

Is your company having a hard time finding value in the use of social media as part of its marketing Read More

Our Brand Identity Imperative

Our Brand Identity Imperative

At Vistage, our four strategic imperatives are building the brand, growing organically, expanding internationally, Read More