The COVID crisis required us all to be as “nimble” as possible and then “pivot” in new directions. However, some organizations were more successful at this than others. What do we need to do to build the capacity for “strategic agility” in our organizations so we can handle future challenges? A recent article in Harvard Business Review provides some insights. The authors … [Read more...] about Build Your Strategic Agility
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Update Your Environment Assessment
The world has changed dramatically in many different ways during the past few months. You know this and you have probably been working triple-overtime adjusting to all of changes. Suggestion: Call a brief time-out soon to take a good hard look at your new environment. Ask yourself and your team these questions with both the short-term and long-term in mind: What is … [Read more...] about Update Your Environment Assessment
A New Strategy Approach
Last week I gave the students in my graduate Nonprofit Strategy course their midterm in which I asked them to invent their own strategic planning process. After studying various approaches all semester, I thought it would be interesting to see what they would come up with. With that in mind, I thought I would create something a bit different than my Mission Impact approach – … [Read more...] about A New Strategy Approach
Leading Change Pitfalls
Leading Change is one of the most challenging tasks of top leaders. You may have memorized Kotter’s eight steps and have a big guiding coalition ready to help you out, but there are still plenty of pitfalls out there. Here are six of them to watch out for as you Lead Change:* 1. Cautious Management Culture. Peter Drucker is attributed with the quote “Culture eats … [Read more...] about Leading Change Pitfalls
Essential Strategic Leadership Skills
You have a vision of where you want the organization to go, but what skills do you need to lead it there? Authors of a Harvard Business Review article* suggest six essential Strategic Leadership Skills: *Anticipate. Pay attention to the competitive landscape. Look at new entrants and what they are doing differently. Look beyond product competition. What are others doing … [Read more...] about Essential Strategic Leadership Skills