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My hour with Terry McBride: Simple

What would you ask Vancouver’s music, yoga and business guru if you had one hour?
I was lucky enough to have this quandary thanks to a recent fundraiser I attended and a silent auction I won. I parted with a bit of cash for a good cause and received my own coffee meeting with Terry at his favourite coffee shop.

Worried you are not using your strategy enough? 4 steps to jump start it!

When was the last time you worked with your strategic plan? If it is 6 months or more you should be concerned and it is time to get curious as to why.

Your team invested time, money and energy into the plan’s development and these are not things you intended to squander I’m sure. So what part of the process has caused the plan to start to collect dust on your boardroom shelf?

Jump start it! With these simple steps revive your strategy, recover some of the energy and drive better results?

The Single Best Thing You Can Do To Improve Your Strategic Planning.

Stop writing your strategy in vague, ambiguous, weasely language! For some reason using corporate-speak (also known as weasel words) to communicate strategy has become common practice. So why do people who develop strategy think they need to use weasel words? In my experience, it is usually one or all of the following four reasons…

Get uncomfortable! 4 reasons why it’s important for your strategy’s success

Most humans don’t enjoy being uncomfortable and that is why the armchair is one of the best-selling pieces of furniture. Ahh, you can feel the comfort setting in. But leaders who want to be great strategists must resist the desire to be armchair planners. Here’s a few reasons why you may want to push yourself beyond your comfort zone more often

Is Strategic Planning Failing?

With so much effort being put into strategic planning why do so many end up dusty on a shelf? Here are 10 common planning habits that can lead your strategic plan to fail.