Month: August 2022
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A Plan Is Not a Strategy by Roger Martin
A comprehensive plan—with goals, initiatives, and budgets–is comforting. But starting with a plan is a terrible way to make strategy. Developing strategy means going outside an organization’s comfort zone and escaping the common traps of strategic planning. Roger Martin, is the former dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and…
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The Indispensable Role of Middle Management: Bridging Vision and Execution
In today’s fast-paced, ever-evolving business world, it’s easy to focus on top leadership and the workforce as the primary drivers of success. But in reality, there’s a critical layer that often goes under-appreciated: middle management. These managers are the connecting tissue between leadership’s high-level vision and the people responsible for executing it. Without strong middle…
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Teamwork: What Is Behind Greatness
I wonder why stories always get focused on oneIt’s easy to see the leader at the frontEven if that leader is guiding from the backThe story of one still formsBut what’s truly behind it all?It’s Teamwork We want to remember the legendsAnd of course with shouldExtraordinary people can do extraordinary thingsBut rarely on their ownBehind…
Enrique Quevedo 