Opportunity abounds, but to thrive in today's turbulence organizations must be agile -- bringing talented people together rapidly, focusing on imperatives, and achieving meaningful results.
In lean organizations where working "harder, faster, and longer," has become the norm, the ability to respond to opportunities, weather threats, or create a better future is virtually nonexistent. Cost-centric decisions focused solely on one side of the value equation, may be setting your organization up for calamity.
The ground upon which your success
was built is
shifting...
Most people are simply overwhelmed, responding only to the most urgent and visible issues. Their frenzy stifles strategic thought, productivity, and the organization's ongoing success. Eventually, all static systems (and thinking) will fail.
Creativity and agility are key to your future. People and systems must be adaptable, change-friendly, and functionally efficient. Intelligent risk taking is essential. Fledgling leaders must take flight. Team members at all levels must exhibit genuine trust, professional respect, and authentically participate. Organizational goals must be clear to all, forming the basis for interdepartmental cooperation, decisive action, and timely results.
...like plate tectonics, growing tensions are easily ignored...
As the founder of nine companies, a four-time turnaround executive, a Fortune 500 marketing VP, and an advisor to hundreds of entrepreneurs and executives, Ron Black delivers ideas that enlighten, tools that energize, and the skills needed to achieve.
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