How do you Communicate your Business Vision? Stop talking about Vision. Play it! Do you play an instrument? You do? The piano? I’ve never heard a piano before, but I understand it’s a beautiful instrument. What does this piano sound like? Really ponder that question for a minute. Can you describe sound? Sound, like your [...]
Way Two: There are days when the Way Two will tell you it’s like the lyrics to the Stealers Wheel hit from the 1970s: “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you.” Conventional wisdom says that an idea without action is a pipe dream. But [...]
I had a participant in a Return on Energy™ workshop recently ask; why would I knowingly put a Way Two thinker in a Way Three seat? What a great question! The unemployment rate is so high right now that some people are willing to take on any work for a paycheck. If someone is overqualified for [...]
The Way One is the chief vision officer. They are the passion and the torch bearers. They are the idea people who sees a challenge and says “Why not?” They are the dreamers, the innovators, and the grand architects. Entrepreneurs probably have more passion than most because they are more of a pioneer spirit. Great [...]
I just completed chapters 1-4 of the upcoming book, Return On Energy. It’s exciting to see three years of hard work finally down on paper. There is so much more to cover, but off to a great start. The foundation has been set. I was asked to speak to a high school senior class in [...]
Are you the CVO (Chief Vision Officer) of your company? Do you micromanage or empower your direct reports. Are your business objectives, business results getting accomplished? Do you carry the ‘passion-torch’ throughout the company everyday? Does everyone see the same vision as you? Are you the VP of Vision. Does the CVO constantly run in [...]
There is so much noise out in the world today. Words fly around so fast, Vision, Strategy, Tactics, Details, Objectives and on and on. It appears that each person has a different translation to these familiar but confusing terms. ROE puts all of this in perspective AND allows you to see where you fit. I [...]