“No time! I’ve got more important things on my plate! Am I supposed to drop what I’m doing?” It’s a clear case of mistaken priorities – we can only …
“Why didn’t you say what you really thought earlier in the meeting?” I ask the Head of Sales in private, after a conference with Product Management, …
The other day, I got a laugh out of a meeting without intending to. It was because I was just showing naïveté, and I have to confess that it wasn’t …
No company can function without making decisions. OK, you may have control over your own decisions, but what if your boss has a yes-no aversion or is …
Don’t worry: this is not about revealing the strategic management secrets of a discounter. I am not familiar enough with LIDL for that and have no …
While the “demon” was originally understood to be a warning or admonishing voice coming from the conscience, the meaning of the word became …
It never ceases to amaze me: you’ve got six, nine or even fifteen people who have sat down together with the intention of finding solutions to a …
“That wasn’t meant personally,” says the colleague who has just expressed a criticism. In management, we thrive on critical opinions being freely …
“Office politics don’t play a big role in our company; we’re really unique in that respect.”We’ve all heard this assertion in one form or another. …
Saturday, June 23, 2018 : It’s the preliminary round of the FIFA World Cup, Germany v Sweden, and we’re into the 93rd minute. Toni Kroos takes a …
I’ve experienced the same niggling sense of uncertainty time and again with all projects I’ve been involved in, most recently at a large logistics …
I often hear companies say that “now is the time to start strategic planning”. I understand why this wording is used and why the phrase has become so …
“I don’t have time! I’m in meetings all day.” “One meeting after another. I don’t even know when I’m supposed to do my work.” “That was a …
One afternoon, I rushed down to the car park in the basement after a meeting with a customer that went on longer than expected, and was in a hurry to …
According to reports in the media, the competitor has launched a new product with a technology that our company is still in the early stages of …
“Boss, here’s your evaluation. This time I really tried to get to grips with the figures.” The boss replies: “I’m really curious to see what you came …
One of the biggest challenges in management is getting good strategies implemented in good time. There is usually no lack of promising strategic …
Most organizations do not have a problem with insights, strategies or ideas; the stumbling block comes with the implementation. Weakness in this area …
In almost every company, I encounter one or more of four phenomena that jeopardize the implementation of strategic projects or cause them to fail. …
Here’s a provocative statement – neither managers nor employers are decisive for a company’s success or failure, only the business model counts! I …
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