Practical writing on strategic planning, business assessment, and management by accountability — from someone who's been sitting across from leadership teams since 2000.
Every Management by Accountability engagement we've run over 25 years has increased client profitability. Every single one. The reason is simpler than most executives want to hear.
Revenue is flat and no one can explain why. Your best people are starting to leave. Departments blame each other in meetings. These aren't problems — they're symptoms. Here's how to tell when it's time to diagnose.
In more than 25 years and over 2,500 client employee interviews, I've seen two kinds of strategic plans. The kind that gets printed, bound, shelved, and referenced once a year. And the kind that gets executed. The difference isn't strategy quality.
What do we actually ask in a Strategic Assessment? How does a one-on-one interview with over 60 questions reveal what surveys and town halls can't? A behind-the-scenes look at the process that has guided hundreds of companies.
It's our boldest claim — and it's true. Every Management by Accountability engagement has delivered a profitability increase. Here's the methodology behind the track record, and why accountability is the one thing most companies are missing.
Every CEO thinks they have an open-door policy. Most employees disagree. After over 25 years of confidential one-on-one interviews, here's what we've learned about the gap between what leadership thinks and what the team actually sees.
Short, practical posts on strategic planning, leadership, and management by accountability. No pitches. No filler.