Category Archives: Leadership
The importance of lived company values in difficult times
Values are highly popular among companies around the world. Almost every large enterprise has published a set of corporate values on their website and in glossy brochures. There is a good reason for this, because values can fulfil several important … Continue reading
5 Signs Indicating You Need Strategy Coaching
Many C-suite and mid-level executives have by now understood and experienced the benefits of business coaching. The range of topics for business coaching is very wide. It includes leadership development, stress management, coping with change, and handling conflicts, to name … Continue reading
5 Common Strategic Planning Mistakes SMEs Should Avoid
The experts have been debating the use of strategic planning for some time. Already in the mid-1990s, Canadian management professor Henry Mintzberg questioned the use of a formal strategic planning process in his book “The Rise and Fall of Strategic … Continue reading
Posted in Business Performance, Decision-making, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, SMEs, Strategic Management, Strategy
Tagged Business Strategy, Entrepreneurs, leadership, small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, strategic leadership, Strategic Management, Strategy Implementation, strategy process
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Listen to Your Intuition | Business Lessons from the World Chess Championship Match Carlsen – Karjakin, Part 6
After 12 games of the world chess championship between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin the score was 6-6, and a tiebreak became necessary to get a decision in the match. The tiebreak on Wednesday, 30 November, consisted of four rapid … Continue reading
Posted in Business Performance, Chess, Decision-making, Leadership, Risk Management, Strategic Management, Strategy, Success
Tagged business lessons, Business Strategy, Chess, Circumspection, decision-making, Errors, executives, Intuition, Magnus Carlsen, Mental Robustness, Mistakes, New York, Opportunities, Patience, Preparation, Resilience, Risk Management, Sergey Karjakin, Strategic Decisions, strategic thinking, Willpower, World Chess Championship 2016
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Managing Risks with Circumspection | Business Lessons from the World Chess Championship Match Carlsen – Karjakin, Part 4
On Monday, 21 November, the world chess championship match between titleholder Magnus Carlsen and his challenger Sergey Karjakin saw the first decided game after seven draws. Game 8 took a dramatic course and ended in a win for Karjakin with … Continue reading
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Tagged business lessons, Business Strategy, Chess, Circumspection, decision-making, Entrepreneurs, executives, Magnus Carlsen, Mental Robustness, New York, Opportunities, Patience, Preparation, Resilience, Risk Management, Sergey Karjakin, Strategic Decisions, strategic thinking, Willpower, World Chess Championship 2016
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3 Core Principles of Strategic Leadership under Uncertainty
We live in uncertain times. Today, leadership may often feel like being the captain of a sailing ship in a heavy thunderstorm. While you are keeping the ship above water, you are struggling to keep your orientation, and you don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged ambiguity, Brexit, British Referendum, Business Strategy, complexity, decision-making, Strategic Decisions, strategic leadership, strategic thinking, uncertainty, volatility, VUCA
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What The Brexit Means For Your Business
On 23 June 2016, 51.9% of the British electorate voted in a referendum for leaving the European Union. The consequences of this vote for Brexit, short for ‘British exit’, are not yet fully clear. Many open questions remain, like, for … Continue reading
The 3 Best Ways to Avoid Bad Decisions Caused by Groupthink
Do you remember Swissair? In the 20th century, this airline used to be as economically solid as a Swiss bank, which is why some people called it the “flying bank”. And yet, it was the first airline to collapse in … Continue reading
5 Reasons Why You Need Strategic Thinking On All Levels Of Your Organisation
Generally, the assumption still prevails that strategy and strategic thinking are an exclusive domain of a company’s executives. This assumption is historically well founded. And it is wrong in today’s business environment. The Greek word “strategos”, of which the term … Continue reading
Success and Failure of Strategic Management in 2015 – Part 1
For many businesses, the year 2015 was challenging. At first glance, the opportunities outweighed the threats. Cheap money and cheap oil stimulated the business of many companies. However, not every company was able to benefit from the opportunities. The year … Continue reading
Why Climate Change is Relevant for Your Business
When the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference ended with the Paris Agreement on 12 December, one of the first to comment was Paul Polman, CEO of multinational consumer goods company Unilever. In a statement published on the same day, … Continue reading
Protected: Checklist on Business and Climate Change
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Posted in Business Performance, Decision-making, Environment, Leadership, Strategy, Technology
Tagged 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Business Strategy, Climate Change, COP21, decision-making, sbi, strategic business insights, strategic thinking
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