From the monthly archives: September 2011
Business Plans – Top 5 Ingredients of Successful Ones
Everyone has prepared a business plan. Well, should that read, everyone should have prepared a business plan? My thinking is that these tend only to be prepared when they are needed, rather than as a useful business tool for all senior management. My top five ingredients are:
Understand [...]
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Business Consulting
At networking events, I am often asked what I do, and of course, I answer that I am a business consultant. This is often met with a glazing over of the eyes, and I have to immediately explain what I mean by this. This led me to think about what it does mean, so [...]
Continue Reading → Innovation Leadership (Part 2)
Last week, I set out the those qualities that the innovative leader needed when leading. This post sets out more qualities for different activities of the innovative leader.
The Leader of Innovation (Understanding the Problem)
The leader will be open to using different techniques to understand the problem. The leader will need to undertake [...]
Continue Reading → Innovation Leadership (Part 1)
My previous two posts have been setting the scene for this post and the future parts. In the first post of this series, I outlined the corporate perspective of innovation and leadership through published survey results. From these surveys, it is clear that innovation is important to top-management and the leadership team. [...]
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