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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

Process Maps Turn Confusion Into Clarity

By Peter DiGiammarino

Participants in IntelliVen’s Manage to Lead (MtL) program sometimes ask: “Why do we need to work on process maps?” It’s a fair question. The answer is that process mapping is not theory or busywork — it’s a practical tool you use on your own organization to turn hidden confusion into shared clarity. What follows explains … Continue reading Process Maps Turn Confusion Into Clarity

Purpose and Goals: Why You Need Both W-W-W and Mandate

By Peter DiGiammarino

W-W-W and Mandate: Two Distinct Tools, Both Essential When working on their business, leaders sometimes ask: Which sequence is right? W-W-W → Mandate Mandate → W-W-W Both sequences work. You need to work on both. W-W-W is about purpose. It clarifies identity by answering three simple but interconnected questions: WHAT do we provide? WHO do … Continue reading Purpose and Goals: Why You Need Both W-W-W and Mandate

What Would Peter Drucker Think of Your ICP?

By Peter DiGiammarino

TL;DR Investors’ first question is always your Ideal Customer Profile (ICP). If you can’t answer crisply, nothing else matters. Most teams treat ICP as one question, but it’s really three: WHAT do you provide? WHO must have it now? WHY do they choose you over alternatives? Mis-alignment on any leg stalls growth—marketing targets the wrong … Continue reading What Would Peter Drucker Think of Your ICP?

Use the IntelliVen Operations Advisor GPT to GET CLEAR and ALIGN

By Peter DiGiammarino

IntelliVen Manage to Lead tools now run on AI. Meet the IntelliVen Operations Advisor (IVOA) GPT. Tap into your familiar Mandate, WHAT-WHO-WHY, and Change Framework tools right inside ChatGPT—guided by our AI-trained Manage to Lead logic. It’s free for now—try it today: Go to: intelliven.com and open the RESOURCES menu tab. Select: IVOA  (you may … Continue reading Use the IntelliVen Operations Advisor GPT to GET CLEAR and ALIGN

Don’t go to the conference stupid!

By Peter DiGiammarino

While it’s possible that a qualified sales prospect might be seated next to you at a conference session or visit your booth, relying solely on chance encounters isn’t a smart strategy. The odds are just too slim to make random interactions a primary reason for attending. The true value of attending an industry conference multiplies … Continue reading Don’t go to the conference stupid!

Timeless Leadership Lessons for Success

By Peter DiGiammarino

Certain principles stand out as fundamental to achieving sustained success in leadership and team performance. They offer practical guidance to help leaders, teams, and organizations reach their potential to perform and grow. Here are ten such principles to apply for long-term growth and performance: Complement your strengths with those of others. No one achieves much … Continue reading Timeless Leadership Lessons for Success

Master the High-Stakes Interview: Essential Strategies for Success

By Peter DiGiammarino | February 29, 2012

Following these tips will increase the odds that a high-stakes job interview goes well: Be Yourself Be honest … be genuine … be sincere. It is not worth being someone other than yourself just to land the job because in the end it will not be possible for you to continue being the person who … Continue reading Master the High-Stakes Interview: Essential Strategies for Success

A Plan to Eat Right for Life

By Peter DiGiammarino | February 29, 2012

“Nothing tastes as good as being fit feels” is a good mantra to run through in your mind over and over as you concentrate on taking in only enough calories to live as they say Eat Right for Life, in order to get and stay fit.  You should also exercise (see this post for details … Continue reading A Plan to Eat Right for Life

Note on Letters of Recommendation

By Peter DiGiammarino | February 23, 2012

Students, parents, teachers, and those who write letters of recommendation for admission to a high school or college often underestimate how much of a difference the recommendation makes. Those who take recommendations seriously and who work to make them the best they can, find it a relatively easy way to get an edge on the … Continue reading Note on Letters of Recommendation

Craft Your Resume with Pride: A Guide to Showcasing Confidence, Creativity, and Results

By Peter DiGiammarino | January 31, 2012

The most important thing about your resume is that you be proud of how it presents you. If you are not proud of it, then how can you expect any one else to be impressed? Keep working on it until it presents you in just the way you want. Whenever you even think about your … Continue reading Craft Your Resume with Pride: A Guide to Showcasing Confidence, Creativity, and Results

Eight Reasons Executive Review Meetings Underperform

By Peter DiGiammarino | January 21, 2012

The main reason things go wrong  is lack of management attention. Hence the importance of Executive Review Meetings! However, management reviews can also go wrong.  Here are eight common reasons why they often do: # 8. The leaders did not prepare, so the meeting becomes the preparation and the review never materializes. # 7. Too … Continue reading Eight Reasons Executive Review Meetings Underperform

Two ways to improve your resume

By Peter DiGiammarino | January 20, 2012

Improve Your Resume Make clear what you want to do.  Most resumes assume that the reader is to figure out something for the applicant to do and offer no specific idea what they actually want to do…this is asking more than most readers will ever bother doing. Describe the results you produced, not what you spent … Continue reading Two ways to improve your resume