Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Are you currently a consultant and tired of shadow boxing negative stereotypes about this role and want to be seen as an essential strategic partner to executives? Then you're going to love this tutorial video because it will reveal to what the true purpose is for the consultant's role and how to fulfill your potential in this role.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Do you want to stop under-valuing yourself through sub-contracting with other consultants and take your place as a sought-after advisor to the C-Suite? Then you're going to love this tutorial video because it will reveal to what the true purpose is for the consultant's role and how to fulfill your potential in this role.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Chess and The First Steps to Strategic Action Chess is a strategy game with only two opponents but with a variety of pieces that have their own way of moving. To win, you need to checkmate your opponent’s king by threatening an inescapable capture. The opening represents a chess masters’ first steps to strategic action.

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LSA Global

MARCH 25, 2024

Even the most well designed strategies need the corporate discipline to track progress, make adjustments, and follow through on action plans. High performing teams operate with elevated levels of clarity, commitment, and accountability. It means being accountable to yourself, your team, and the organization as a whole.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 2, 2023

Different Strategy Perspectives to Consider to Get You Where You Want to Go Effective corporate strategies clearly plot how an organization translates its limited resources and initiatives into a corporate vision for success. This requires investing the time to consider different strategy perspectives.

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LSA Global

MARCH 4, 2024

Do You Need to Define Your Team’s Purpose? We know from leadership simulation assessment data that the ability to define your team’s purpose separates high performing leaders from average team leaders. Team Decision Making and Focus Clarity of purpose leads to better team decision making.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 23, 2023

We know from our leadership simulation assessment data that most leaders are ill-prepared to take on their new role. We know from new manager training feedback that new people leaders face common challenges like complex organizational politics and minimal support as they take the reins of the new position. What’s Going Wrong?

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LSA Global

MARCH 7, 2024

According to McKinsey, 95% of executives describe cultural fit as critical to the success of integration, and 25% cite a lack of cultural cohesion and alignment as the primary reason integration efforts fail. Your strategies must go through your people AND your culture to be successfully implemented.

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I'm sure you have personally lived through those 70-hour workweeks that took you from your hobbies and time with your family. And have experienced the crazy decisions in service of 90-day numbers that impacted your career opportunities. They get aggressive or shameless self-promot-y.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2023

From shifting business models to swings in resource allocation, even the most skilled CEOs cannot lead organizational changes effectively on their own. Lack of True Strategic Clarity Our organizational alignment research found that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing execute teams.

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LSA Global

MAY 2, 2023

Ready to Move from Strategy to Action? After a successful strategy retreat , smart leaders ensure that everyone is ready to fully accept and act upon the key strategic priorities in a way that makes sense to the people and the business. Are your leaders and their direct reports truly ready for the challenge ahead?

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LSA Global

MARCH 2, 2023

The Impact of Company-wide Goal Alignment When we assess organizational cultures , we find that higher levels of employee involvement and engagement combined with elevated levels of meaning and purpose drive increased performance and retention. In other words, how can you get employees aligned with what matters most?

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LSA Global

JUNE 2, 2023

Is It Time to Challenge Your Current Strategic Direction? Most companies run annual corporate strategy retreats to agree upon the key strategic priorities for the next twelve to thirty six months. Getting leaders on the same strategic page makes sense. But nothing in the marketplace stays the same.

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2023

Why Leaders Need to Create Faster Strategy Execution We think of strategic speed as the ability of an organization and its leaders to move quickly enough to take advantage of market opportunities and offset competitive threats. If you are moving in a different or uncharted strategic direction (e.g.,

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Is your leadership team and their direct reports seriously “in it to win it”? Our organizational alignment research found that CEOs perceive their corporate strategies to be twice as clear as the vice presidents and directors just one level below their executive team. Is Your Strategy Clear Enough?

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Design Organizational Change Without solid support from company executives, it is almost impossible to design organizational change that works. Organizational change is hard enough to achieve when everyone is aligned with and committed to the new ways of working and behaving. The business case for change.

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LSA Global

JULY 5, 2023

An Aligned Risk Culture – How Much Risk Makes Sense for Your Corporate Culture? We know from our organizational culture assessment data that one risky corporate culture may work for some strategies and not work for others. A risky situation is one which involves exposure to danger. To be avoided, right?

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Are Your Leaders Unlocking the Power of Strategic Prioritization at Work? We know from our leadership simulation assessment data that resource constraints can be a significant obstacle to unlocking the power of strategic prioritization at work and achieving your strategic objectives. The consequence?

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Consulting Matters

MAY 16, 2018

If you’re a high-achiever SURELY, you’ve considered starting your own consulting business by now (if you haven’t already.) Establish a relationship with those future clients and demonstrate your credibility that can and will provide relevant and meaningful solutions. No cap to your earning potential.

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LSA Global

APRIL 22, 2022

High performing teams strongly agree on what the group is trying to achieve together, what defines success, who is doing what, and the best path to get there. Teams that lack strategic clarity often struggle with conflict, politics at work , prioritization , and decision making. Do not be fooled.

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LSA Global

JULY 15, 2023

3 New Sales Manager Tips for Success for Your First 90-Days We know from our sales management training that being a high performing solution seller often leads to a promotion to sales management. Twice as likely to plan for having a long-term future with their company. Organizationally, there’s good reason.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 6, 2022

To create an effective foundation, you need to know how to shape your corporate culture. It’s the magic of organizational alignment where the three pillars of an organization (strategy, talent, and culture) come together to create higher performance. Three Steps to Shape Your Corporate Culture. Sound complicated?

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Top 10 Key Sales Management Skills: Mastering the Art of Sales Leadership Sales leaders must routinely navigate high stakes internal and external relationships while meeting ever-increasing revenue targets and demands from their sales team. Do your sales managers anticipate and meet current and future customer needs?

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LSA Global

JUNE 4, 2021

Yet, moving from the boardroom to the reality of strategy execution is tricky. Once a leadership team gets aligned on a clear strategic direction , the real challenge is deciding on and collectively implementing meaningful and visible next steps. Try to focus on what you learn as you execute the plan.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Ultimately the context top leaders navigate to succeed separates them from their peers. Regardless of the framework, we know from our leadership simulation assessment data that top leaders invest the time to conduct a strategic SWOT analysis to see where they stand.

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LSA Global

JUNE 1, 2022

The Challenge of Strategic Clarity Unfortunately, far too many corporate leaders struggle to create the strategic clarity required to set themselves and their teams up for success. They need to be able to prioritize strategic initiatives. There are three considerations that should guide your decision making.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Strategic Growth Obstacles. Unless they get lucky, most leaders need a distinct set of strategically timed growth initiatives to create high growth. In fact, recent research by McKinsey found that organizations that mastered two or more diversified strategic growth initiatives grew faster than their peers.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Going From Colleague to Boss Creates Common New Manager Challenges Not surprisingly, most new managers struggle to make the transition from the role of individual contributor to the role of people leader. 98% of new people managers feel they would benefit from new manager training. Sadly, many are inadequately prepared.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Where did things go wrong from strategy to action? If you are struggling to get measurable results from your recent strategy retreat , you need to understand what is going wrong and fix it. Strategic Clarity Strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing organizations.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Top Team Leader Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs We know from our action learning leadership development programs that all leaders make mistakes. If leaders can learn from their mistakes, they have made the decision to learn, improve, and model the way. Can your leaders balance production and production capability?

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LSA Global

JUNE 9, 2023

Unfortunately, Leadership Succession Planning Often Fails to Meet Expectations While most leaders know that they should develop a leadership pipeline, leadership succession planning often fails to make a measurable impact. Getting succession planning right takes a lot of dedicated time, effort, resources. Why is that?

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LSA Global

APRIL 2, 2021

Is your company’s strategy clear enough, believable enough, and implementable enough to be successfully implemented across your organization? If you are the CEO or a member of the executive leadership team, our research tells us that your answer is probably “yes.” What Are the Attributes of an Effective Corporate Strategy?

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

We know from our change management simulation data that most leaders are challenged by unpredictable situations where the future is uncertain, and the stakes are high. But a lucky few react with a degree of strategic clarity and mental agility that allows them to adapt with relative ease. Do you get frustrated when plans change?

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LSA Global

JULY 28, 2022

High performing leadership development programs take an action learning leadership approach to development that assesses current leadership capabilities , close critical skills gaps, and get real strategic work done. Knowing how to build an effective leadership development program is critical. This is not surprising.

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LSA Global

APRIL 1, 2022

The Failure Rate of Strategy Execution Does your strategy have enough external perspective? The good news is that, done right, a successful strategic plan aligns a company up to perform beyond the sum of its parts. Where Do Things Go Wrong Between Strategy Planning and Implementation?

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LSA Global

JULY 26, 2023

Communication can make or break a leader’s ability to lead teams, create strategic alignment , motivate employees, navigate organizational change , and serve customers. Better leadership communication takes clarity, purpose, and intention based upon what matters most to each audience. Do You Need Better Leadership Communication?

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We know from leadership simulation assessment data that many work decisions are relatively straightforward and easy to make. Agree Upon a Decision Making Framework Decisive teams are aligned in their decision making approach. Team Decision Making Decision making is the process of selecting between two or more courses of action.

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