Focusing on a problem on paper is the first step towards discovering the solution. Like so many other things, what looks good in concept doesn’t always implement well in practice. There is a pattern of behavior among many executives in many companies: obsessing over a problem or challenge and investing time, not in the solution […]
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Are you wasting time in meetings… Or are they purposeful and to the point? Many executives and companies have the bad habit of padding the day with meetings, thinking it’ll help their teams become more aligned and productive. If one meeting doesn’t do it, why would many? In today’s video, Lou Fratturo, a senior
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Strategy is often synonymous with long-term planning and long-term planning is often viewed as stagnant, concrete, set in stone. David Cancel just wrote his weekly Drift newsletter about the “pitfalls of planning,” saying, “Blindly following plans is the perfect recipe for stagnation. It closes you off to new ideas and sets you up to
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A CEO’s Guide To Building An Enterprise-Focused Executive Team The top of so many CEO’s wishlists and dream business achievements is their executive unit working at an enterprise level. As Transcend has empowered executive teams to reach new heights, making strides towards their vision for the company, we’ve ascertained how executive leaders can reach an
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Many executives think they only have to manage those who report directly to them and while that’s important, it’s leaving a few things out that would make you a much more effective executive. At Transcend, we call this a 360-degree leader. They are able to manage up and side-to-side, leading from all angles. In this
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As a young woman executive in a billion-dollar organization, I can distinctly remember walking out of the office into a dark parking lot 2 hours later than I had hoped. As I walked toward my car, I felt the weight of the business and anticipated the disappointment of my family waiting at home, all while
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How you use your time as an executive working your business will seriously impact how you relate to your business. Without putting intentional time towards strategic work, the daily maintenance of the business will always take precedent. This is why using your time to do both is so vitally important. We often hear from executives
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Setting the “tone from the top” is more than a cliché, or at least it should be. For the team-oriented executive, the behavioral example they set will have a cascading effect on their team and the business as a whole. And while much of the emphasis of executive coaching focuses on the individual, it does
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The Power of Decision Making The process you go through to come to a decision is as important as the decision itself. This is especially true now with the rapid pace information comes in, redefining what quick thinking means, and an era where collaboration, as well as engagement, matters more than before. In this Forbes
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Transformation is a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance. The key phrase here is “dramatic change”. This applies to leadership development in that to transform is to cause a dramatic change in the way you perceive, think, feel and behave to elevate your immediate and long-term impact. This is the fundamental goal of
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