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Revenue Leads Expenses

By Peter DiGiammarino

Most leadership teams know the problem. They set an annual revenue target, build spending around it, and move forward as if the planned revenue inflow is already on its way. If revenue later develops more slowly than hoped, the organization is forced to pull back, delay hires, cut initiatives, and explain why the original plan … Continue reading Revenue Leads Expenses

Before You Build, Get Clear

By Peter DiGiammarino

Before You Build, Get Clear AI makes it easier than ever to build, prototype, and automate. It does not make it any less important to think. When the cost of building drops, the cost of building the wrong thing rises. Remember Peter Drucker’s aphorism that ends wtih “… are you doing the right thing?” That is … Continue reading Before You Build, Get Clear

Finding the CEO for What Comes Next

By Peter DiGiammarino

An IntelliVen Insight by Eric Palmer. AI is not a feature cycle. It is a reset of SaaS economics. Eric Palmer, a highly successful Senior Operating Partner with more than 30 years of experience leading private, public, private equity-owned, and venture-backed companies, recently shared what he is seeing across  software businesses. Eric uses and has … Continue reading Finding the CEO for What Comes Next

Time Horizon Discipline

By Peter DiGiammarino

Leaders often say: “We don’t have enough time.” “We’re far from our goals.” “Everything feels urgent.” Most of the time, the issue is not time. It is a mismatch between the decision and the planning horizon. Manage to Lead is built on clarity and disciplined change. Time horizon discipline is part of that clarity. Different … Continue reading Time Horizon Discipline

When Attention Is the Constraint, Focus the Work and the Reviews

By Peter DiGiammarino

Most things go wrong because leaders are spread too thin, not because the work is impossible. When the volume of initiatives outstrips reviewer capacity, important items get little or no attention. Meetings slip. Mental presence drops. The fix is to match what we take on to the attention we can invest, and to raise the … Continue reading When Attention Is the Constraint, Focus the Work and the Reviews

The Architecture of Resilience: How Early Labor Silences Fear in High-Stakes Leadership

By Peter DiGiammarino

By: Richard Block From a very early age, working was a given. It was simply what you did. In reflecting on these early experiences and contrasting them with the lives of my children and grandchildren, I see a significant divide. The loss isn’t just in the paycheck; it is in the “patterns of behavior” that … Continue reading The Architecture of Resilience: How Early Labor Silences Fear in High-Stakes Leadership

From Tool to Teammate: Six Practices That Make AI Work for Us

By Peter DiGiammarino

At IntelliVen, we work from a defined body of leadership and management practice: the Manage to Lead (MtL) System. It is documented in our text, taught in our classes, and organized into more than sixty tools and templates and 70 insights and tutorials. We use these tools every day with clients and trainees and we are … Continue reading From Tool to Teammate: Six Practices That Make AI Work for Us

When there’s no right answer: get input, get commitment, then decide

By Peter DiGiammarino

Calls about who the team counts on for what are hard. Leaders worry about making valued people feel overlooked or diminished. Direct reports mostly want clarity, fair reasoning, and as much scope and recognition as they can reasonably earn. This post offers a way to handle those tensions: get input one-on-one, secure commitment to support … Continue reading When there’s no right answer: get input, get commitment, then decide

Say the Same Words. Mean the Same Things.

By Peter DiGiammarino

Walk into almost any leadership meeting and you will hear the same words: Vision. Strategy. Mandate. Values. Culture. Everyone nods. Everyone is confident they understand. Then you listen a little longer and realize something important: People are using the same words to mean different things … and different words to mean the same things. That … Continue reading Say the Same Words. Mean the Same Things.

Steering Committees: Engaging Stakeholders for Guidance, Commitment, and Growth

By Peter DiGiammarino

Note: A complementary reading for MtL Module 8 Get Help Leaders who “get help” know success comes not from going it alone but from surrounding themselves with structures that strengthen thinking, accountability, and action. In Manage to Lead, we emphasize the value of an Accountability Board, Advisory Board, Coach, and Peer Group. There is another … Continue reading Steering Committees: Engaging Stakeholders for Guidance, Commitment, and Growth

Amazon business book reviewer rates Manage to Lead highly.

By Peter DiGiammarino | October 10, 2014

A Top-300 reviewer for Amazon posted a review of Manage to Lead Highly: Seven Truths to Help You Change the World. Here are excerpts from the review: “…companion website for supplemental information with lots of instructional videos, articles and other helpful information.”“…provides a very good crash course in accounting for managers. Again, far too many … Continue reading Amazon business book reviewer rates Manage to Lead highly.

Top-100, Hall of Fame Amazon Business Book Reviewer, Bob Morris Interview with PeterD Part 1

By Peter DiGiammarino | October 7, 2014

Top-100, Hall of Fame Amazon Business Book Reviewer, Bob Morris, recently conducted a two-part interview with IntelliVen CEO, PeterD. Click the image at left to see Part 1. Part 2 is slated for publication within a week. Please post comments and questions for further discussion via reply to this post.

IntelliVen CEO to appear as World Strategy Week Panelist on the Role of Leaders in Strategy Success

By Peter DiGiammarino | September 24, 2014

World Strategy Week is a worldwide, virtual event featuring the best experts and leaders in strategy, strategic planning, and strategic management to inspire, engage and innovate. Leaders are on the hot seat in today’s shifting business and social environment.  Leadership skills and practices that might have delivered results and strategic success in a more static environment are … Continue reading IntelliVen CEO to appear as World Strategy Week Panelist on the Role of Leaders in Strategy Success

How to synchronize the language leaders use in strategy setting and business planning.

By Peter DiGiammarino | September 23, 2014

Terms commonly used in strategy setting and business planing mean different things to different people. A crisp common definition of key terms makes it easier for a leadership team to create and communicate organization in strategy setting and business planning. Assuming everyone has the same definition in mind leads to confusion…it is better to be explicit. The following … Continue reading How to synchronize the language leaders use in strategy setting and business planning.

Three Tips for Early Stage Professionals Seeking Their Next Job

By Peter DiGiammarino | September 17, 2014

Your first job out of school is NOT a life sentence.  The best move might be to take what you have learned so far and step out to complement it with a whole new set of experiences  before deciding to settle-in somewhere for the long haul.   While it can seem daunting, if you remember that it is a job to find a … Continue reading Three Tips for Early Stage Professionals Seeking Their Next Job

Manage to Lead featured by Top-100, Hall of Fame Amazon reviewer of business books.

By Peter DiGiammarino | September 16, 2014

IntelliVen sincerely thanks Robert Morris, top-100, Hall of Fame Amazon reviewer of business books, for featuring Manage to Lead on Amazon in US, CAN, and UK. Here is a quote from the review:  “I like the various exercises that achieve two separate but related purposes: They help the reader to interact with the material, and, they … Continue reading Manage to Lead featured by Top-100, Hall of Fame Amazon reviewer of business books.

Peter DiGiammarino to Appear on Critical Mass for Business Radio Show

By Peter DiGiammarino | September 9, 2014

IntelliVen is pleased to announce that Richard Franzi will interview Peter DiGiammarino, CEO of IntelliVen, live on his Critical Mass for Business Radio Show on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 4:00 Pacific time. Peter will be the show’s featured guest and will talk about his book Manage to Lead: Seven Truths to Help You Change the World. As a leader … Continue reading Peter DiGiammarino to Appear on Critical Mass for Business Radio Show

How to get back on track when a project goes awry.

By Peter DiGiammarino | August 29, 2014

When a project goes awry  and no longer performing according to plan: Follow the steps to handle a disgruntled client to manage communication with the client. Assign a single capable person to serve as Project Manager (PM) responsible for the entire project through to completion if one is not already assigned or if the one assigned has … Continue reading How to get back on track when a project goes awry.

Volunteer to Improve the World … and Yourself

By Peter DiGiammarino | August 9, 2014

Volunteering can help with leadership and executive development. Once you decide to volunteer, maneuver to fill positions of ultimate leadership. For example, serve on a committee and then go on to chair that committee.

Plan Evolution

By Peter DiGiammarino | July 12, 2014

The following sequence leads to a fully developed financial plan that the CEO, Executive Leadership Team, Senior Leadership Team, board, and employees all buy-in to achieving: Executive Leadership Team (ELT) takes the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) offsite to review where we were, where we are, and where we’re headed, what we’re proud of and what … Continue reading Plan Evolution

Not a book to read…a book to USE!

By Peter DiGiammarino | July 10, 2014

Celebrate one year in circulation with promo code GFEVFP6A to buy Manage to Lead for $30-off via CreateSpace. httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUSFeyWnlq4