As we head toward the end of 2017 it’s a great time to harvest insights for this year and begin preparing for an even better year in 2018. Every December I get out my calendar and pour through my emails, which are filed by event and the leaders I work with. I review all that […]
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Every member of your senior leadership team should understand how to design and develop a business model, a way to generate sustainable and profitable revenue. Here I present the Business Model Canvas and explain how it is used. I teach this in my Visionary Leadership Academy; the next one begins soon. Find out more here:
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Last Friday I held my annual Carpe Annum event, where I bring together CEOs and senior leaders to focus on the year ahead. It’s a great event. The calendar is just beginning to fill with holiday parties. My event is an opportunity for leaders to think together about the challenges and opportunities they see for
Carpe Annum 2018 A CEOnly celebration Friday, December 8, 2017 3:00-6:00 p.m. We have a few seats left for the most energizing event you’ll attend this holiday season! Please take a moment now to RSVP for this special opportunity to hear from my friend Bill Lee, founder of the Center for Customer Engagement. Bill has
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Yesterday morning I found myself in a tizzie. Several things I care deeply about did not go in the direction I was hoping for. And before you know it my heart rate was up, my mind was spinning, and I couldn’t get through a normal conversation, let alone an important one. That’s when my wonderful
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If you look around, there is an illusion that everything is stable. You might not know it, but there is currently a revolution that is rocking the world of business. Agile is a leadership and management protocol that grew itself in back rooms of software development. It’s not about speeding up and squeezing more. It’s
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I am fascinated by forecasting the future. Everyone wants to have their very own crystal ball! I am writing a book right now of simple techniques businesses large and small can use to develop their strategic foresight. But, let’s turn to how you can win in the week ahead. If you could see the week
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As leaders we are constantly driving for results, addressing obstacles, challenges, bottlenecks, and log jams. And our minds are skewed by biology to hold on to the troubles, the negative experiences, and the problems. This is just the way nature designed us. So today is a great day to appreciate our inner drive and give
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CEOs, come make merry with me and my special guest Bill Lee, founder of Center for Customer Engagement. At this year’s Carpe Annum, Bill will talk with us about how to leverage your marquee customers.
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My father, Robert Sydney Kahan, passed away last week. I wrote about my last visit with him in True Stories Well Told. The picture here is the two of us together on the first day of my life. His passing was not a shock, it had been coming for years. When I first heard I was all
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