by David Barrett | Dec 11, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
A friend of mine, we’ll call him Nick, is the CEO of a sizable company located in my area. He is considered, say many, to be a great leader. Never having worked with him, I was not able to pipe into this conversation. But I can now. We were chatting recently when...
by David Barrett | Dec 4, 2019 | Blog, Strategy Execution
Whenever I present to audiences about strategy or strategic thinking, our minds always go to our organisations, divisions or departments – our corporate lives. But strategic thinking actually starts in the home. In my mind, our lives roll out in one of two...
by David Barrett | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog, Everyone
I am a Canadian, I live in Canada and I celebrate Thanksgiving sometime in October, like all Canadians. But this year, Karen and I decided to spend the month of November in the US, working remotely and playing locally. Which means that we are here for the US version...
by David Barrett | Nov 6, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
One of the most difficult things we have to do as leaders, is to get out of the weeds. We’ve grown up in the subject matter space where we have typically excelled, and it is hard to leave. But we have to leave. We have to hand over the reins to others so that they can...
by David Barrett | Oct 23, 2019 | Blog, Strategy Execution
If you want to get from here to there, successfully, you need a CSO – a Chief Strategy Officer. When my friend, Mona Mitchell, and I wrote the book “7 Elements of Strategy Success” we studied the key elements that would not necessarily ensure strategy success but that...
by David Barrett | Oct 16, 2019 | Blog, Everyone
(First posted October, 2017) When was the last time you said, ‘thank you’ unexpectedly to someone on your team? This past weekend was our Canadian Thanksgiving – a wonderful time to spend with family, eat way too much and give thanks. This weekend always gets...
