Strategy Consulting vs. Management Consulting: Which One Does Your Business Actually Need
 The question companies ask when they are looking for outside help is usually the wrong question.They ask: Should I hire a strategy consultant or a management consultant? The more useful question is: what is the specific structural problem I am trying to solve, and...
How to Build an Effective Business Strategy That Actually Gets Executed
Most businesses do not fail because they chose the wrong strategy. They fail because the operating model governing daily behavior was never examined before the strategy was built. The plan existed. The vision was clear. The leadership team was aligned at the planning...
Taking Control With Strategic Planning
Most strategic planning processes produce a document. The organization reviews it in January, references it occasionally through March, and stops looking at it by April. The strategy was not bad. The planning process failed to build the operating infrastructure...
Hire an interim coo
A $12M company loses 18-25% operational velocity in the first 90 days after a COO departure — not because the team forgets how to work, but because no one documented what the COO knew. An interim COO is a temporary operational executive brought in to stabilize,...
What a Fractional COO Actually Does in the First 90 Days (And Why It’s Not Ops Help)
You signed the contract because you were tired. You were tired of being the only person who remembered deadlines, the only one who could resolve disputes between Sales and Product, and the only one worrying about cash flow six months in advance. You hired a Fractional...
What Is Management by Objectives (MBO)?
Did you know that 37 percent of managers believe that their most important goal is to keep employees on track to meet goals? However, how do you set goals and manage your employees to ensure that they meet the goals of the organization? Management by objectives is one...
What Are OKRs?
Although the buzzword OKRs have been around since the 90s, only around 29% of working US adults are familiar with the term. Interestingly though, of the workforce who are acquainted with the term, a massive 95% believe they have a solid understanding of how their work...
How To Maintain Team Cohesion: The Ultimate Guide
Team cohesion can make or break the workplace – 86% of employees and employers say that lack of collaboration and communication is the cause of workplace failures. Almost everyone, from company leaders to front-level employees, agrees that team cohesion is one...
Team Cohesion
Working as part of a team is a vital skill specifically in the workplace. Optimum team cohesion can drive a business to achieve goals and generate maximum revenue. But what exactly is team cohesion and how do you improve it in your company? What is Team Cohesion? Team...
Business Strategy
Every business owner or manager has key objectives and goals they want to achieve to drive the success of the business. The most efficient and cost-effective way to reach those goals is to make and follow a carefully crafted plan of action – otherwise known as a...