by Steve Salisbury | Sep 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
I am honored this week to have a guest blogger, Praveen Puri. Praveen is an IT strategy / PMO consultant and is the expert in Strategic Simplicity®. He created the Strategic Simplicity® Framework, which leads to IT Strategy and project / portfolio management success...
by Steve Salisbury | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Things are moving so fast we can’t keep up!” Even in this season of Covid-19, things are moving fast. In the last few months, Brooks Brothers, JC Penney, Neiman Marcus, J Crew, and many other retail powerhouses filed bankruptcy. Even Walmart and Walgreens have...
by Steve Salisbury | Sep 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
“But I thought you weren’t interested.” In my first manager role many years ago, I was committed to being the best leader I could possibly be. Being new to the role, I figured things out as I progressed. At the same time, I was also dealing with an employee...
by Steve Salisbury | Sep 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Chirping crickets.” Lack of communication is a sure-fire approach to ensure that your organizational purpose is not fulfilled. The execution of your strategy is slowed, and you increase the risk for greater cross-functional dysfunction. Smart leaders recognize the...
by Steve Salisbury | Aug 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
What is measured is completed. Two weeks ago, I introduced the concept of the immovable middle, the idea that when driving big change sometimes middle managers are left behind. Fifteen years ago, I converted our old farmhouse into an Airbnb. Upon starting the...
by Steve Salisbury | Aug 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
All it takes is to encourage collaborative communication. Last week I introduced the concept of the immovable middle, the idea that when driving big change sometimes middle managers are left behind. And just in case you think I am oversimplifying this by suggesting...
