Business Coaching
Creativity in Business
"Creativity does have a reputation for being magical," says HBS professor Teresa Amabile. "One myth is that it's associated with the particular personality or genius of a person—and in fact, creativity does depend to some extent on the intelligence, expertise, talent, and experience of an individual. Of course it does. But it also depends on creative thinking as a skill that involves qualities such as the propensity to take risks and to turn a problem on its head to get a new perspective. That can be learned."
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Business Strategy
Strategizing is much more than just visioning, forecasting and planning. In the new rapidly changing economy, all substantive issues of strategy have been redefined as issues of implementation. "Most businesspeople are so busy working for their business or in their business that they never find time to work on their business. Thus they fail to anticipate what might happen or what they might be able to make happen." Unless you regularly schedule time (one-day out-of-the-office meeting a month at least) to work on your business and answer critical questions, you'll never achieve your stretch goals.
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Change Management
To cope with an unpredictable world you must build an enormous amount of flexibility into your organization. While you cannot predict the future, you can get a handle on trends, which is a way to take advantage of change and convert risks into opportunities. One of the keys to dealing with change is understanding that change in never over. "Change brings opportunity to those who can grasp it, and the discontinuities of the new economy offer unlimited opportunities."
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Interim Management
Running a small or mid-sized business isn't any easier than running a large corporation, your company has to perform and provide good returns to investors. However, when key skills are missing from the executive management team, due to a sudden resignation or a gap in skills as the company expands, enters a new market, explores new business models, or requires a new area of expertise, the company can suffer serious financial setbacks or find itself at a competitive disadvantage.
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Business Ethics and Governance
The business world cannot be divided easily into "good guys" and "evil companies." Companies are dysfunctional families writ large. Mistakes, sometimes major, are built into life, including the life of businesses. Self-scrutiny and accountability are essential. The measure of a company's integrity is not how loudly it beats its own chest, or whether it stumbles, but its respect for its stakeholders and its responsiveness to solving problems.
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Business Turnaround
While many business owners hope their businesses will never fall apart at the seams, the reality is that any number of missteps could start a downward spiral ending in bankruptcy, layoffs, or debt problems. One way to get back on track is to use turnaround specialists to help with big business decisions. It may be hard to relinquish control, but if you want your company to shake off its financial troubles and get through the dark times, you have to put certain amount of trust in the specialist you bring on board.
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