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Dual-Track Goal Setting: Harmonizing Management Ambition with Stakeholder Assurance
The best approach to setting annual performance goals for an organization is to simultaneously pursue two paths, one for the management team and one for the board, investors, and lenders as outlined below. Stakeholder Plan: The Under-Promise-Over-Deliver Approach Target Audience: Board, Bankers, and Investors Objective: Manage downside risk while maintaining credibility. Strategy: Present conservative, achievable … Continue reading Dual-Track Goal Setting: Harmonizing Management Ambition with Stakeholder Assurance
How to Find a Job
It is a job to find a job … and most of those who are Open-to-Work do not do it well; in part because there is little time to find a new job while employed and, when unemployed, a sense of despondence, depression, or desperation may make it hard to perform at peak levels. Three … Continue reading How to Find a Job
How to Sync Your Leadership Team’s Skills with Organizational Growth
If you are a CEO or a senior leader of a growing organization, you know how critical it is to have the right mix of skills, knowledge, and behaviors among your top team to drive growth and performance. How do you adapt your team’s composition and dynamics to match the needs and demands at different … Continue reading How to Sync Your Leadership Team’s Skills with Organizational Growth
Beyond the Paycheck: An Employee Guide to A Dream Job
Employee satisfaction is influenced by factors well beyond the paycheck. Research highlights the crucial role of elements like company culture, leadership quality, opportunities to advance critical skills, and career advancement opportunities in influencing workplace contentment across various income levels. As Open Sourced Workplace notes, organizational culture, leadership behavior, skill development, and career advancement are intertwined, … Continue reading Beyond the Paycheck: An Employee Guide to A Dream Job
Six P’s to peak meeting performance.
Transform the way you participate in board sessions, executive reviews, operating meetings, design and code walkthroughs, All Hands meetings, interviews, and more! Adopt the **Six Ps** for enhanced individual and group performance. Prepare Read materials sent in advance with enough lead-time to reflect on their content. If you are the meeting owner, make it easy … Continue reading Six P’s to peak meeting performance.
Prompt Engineering: How We Put Generative AI to Work For Our Business
Summary: In just six prompt engineering iterations we achieved real business value with generative Artificial Intelligence in that we are now able to: Significantly reduce the time required to review and assess client submissions using our WHAT-WHO-WHY rubric. Provide a comprehensive evaluation and quality suggestions for each entry. Make explicit and accessible our assessment and … Continue reading Prompt Engineering: How We Put Generative AI to Work For Our Business
Four Steps to a Smooth Transition
Below are four steps to smooth the transition out of a top role. It is critical to execute the steps in order. (See also: Transitions: Making Sense of Life’s Changes by William Bridges): Get Out Clean Most leaders are not experienced at dismissing someone, especially senior people, so your departure may be chaotic and traumatic … Continue reading Four Steps to a Smooth Transition
MtL Workshops: A Proven Way to Accelerate Your Team’s Leadership Skills, Alignment, and Growth
Are you looking for a way to help your team reach its full potential? If so, you may be interested in IntelliVen Manage to Lead (MtL) Workshops. MtL half-day Workshops help leaders develop the skills and knowledge they need to architect, build, govern, and change their organizations. MtL Workshops are based on a proven system … Continue reading MtL Workshops: A Proven Way to Accelerate Your Team’s Leadership Skills, Alignment, and Growth
From Vision to Action! How to Align Your Team and Execute Your Plan
In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, having a clear and well-defined strategy to win the game you are playing is critical. It’s the roadmap that guides your organization towards its goals and ensures that every action and decision aligns with your vision. However, crafting and implementing an effective strategy can be a complex and daunting task. … Continue reading From Vision to Action! How to Align Your Team and Execute Your Plan
How AI Chatbots Can Boost Your Content Creation
AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Bard can help you create better content faster and more easily by providing relevant feedback, reasoning and resources. This post shares tips and considerations for using AI chatbots to develop content gleaned from experience during a recent IntelliVen content and community development project for a San Francisco-based, fast-growing startup … Continue reading How AI Chatbots Can Boost Your Content Creation
Diligence Support for Federal Sector
If you are looking for opportunities to invest in firms that provide professional services and software to the U.S. federal government, you know how challenging it can be to assess the potential and risks of these businesses. Working with the federal government is not just another market, it is more like a different planet. Everything … Continue reading Diligence Support for Federal Sector
Optimizing Your Board of Directors: A Guide for Fast-Growing Private Companies
Growing private companies often encounter challenges in establishing an effective board of directors. Typically, boards comprise well-meaning individuals who meet periodically, usually for a few hours up to a couple of days. However, these meetings frequently become sessions to celebrate company successes rather than critically examining company performance against its board-approved plans and strategic initiatives … Continue reading Optimizing Your Board of Directors: A Guide for Fast-Growing Private Companies