To address the increasing role that Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are playing in developing and executing business strategies, IBM announced earlier this month the creation of the Center for CIO Leadership.
The Center will also be engaged in research tackling issues that CIOs face and measuring attitudes and needs of CIOs. To kick off the research, [...]

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The Strategic Project Leader – Congratulations Jack

One of our colleagues and resident Project Manger expert, Jack Ferraro has just has his book “The Strategic Project Leader: Mastering Service-Based Project Leadership” which can be found on Amazon. It is a REAL book!

Sandy reviewed the book and here is what she had to say (it [...]

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Dave Smith picked up the phone with something less than excitement. That could hardly be a surprise; it was, after all, his fourth cold call of the morning and the first three had not been ego-builders.
“Guten Morgen,” he began in almost perfect German, “May I speak with the Sales Director?” After being put through to [...]

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The McKinsey Review recently conducted as part of their strategy sections the following interview: Investing in sustainability: An interview with Al Gore and David Blood
What I found most interesting is how the article starts:
As McKinsey research indicates, executives around the world increasingly recognize that the creation of long-term shareholder value depends on [...]

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By Scott Moeller
(This article first appeared in Personnel Today magazine)
It looks as though more mergers and acquisitions (M&As) will have taken place in 2007 than ever before. But two things never change about M&A deals: first, that a large number will fail to deliver what the architects of the deal promised and second, that many [...]

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“For the first time since the dawning of the industrial age, the only way to build a company that’s fit for the future is to build one that’s fit for human beings as well.” (Gary Hamel)
I am not sure that this is in fact accurate. There are many small businesses over the years often [...]

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Cross cultural miscommunication is the basis for a large percentage of the turnover, misunderstandings and project failures in international companies. A team manager may be perceived as fantastic to the worst, depending on who you ask. What is worse, most of the misunderstandings usually go unnoticed, while their impact can be devastating. The story below [...]

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1-Focus International has had the privilege of working with the Referent from the City of Frankfurt/Oder in Germany to enable the process of creating a Solar City – in reality what will most likely be a Renewable Energy City. Over the summer, we designed and facilitated the process that took this idea of creating a [...]

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I came across an interesting article last week from the Hindu News entitled: Brand-asset due diligence needed in acquisitions written by D Murali.
Do companies conduct brand-asset due diligence as part of their acquisition process? “Rarely,” says Mr F. Joseph LePla, co-author of ‘Brand Driven’ and ‘Integrated Branding’. He explains his company’s approach:

The [...]

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Sandy and I arrived home from Edinburgh yesterday after presenting at the International Association of Facilitators. Based on our White Paper: Leading Cross Cultural Re-engagement: Creating Post Merger Identity. We were very pleased with both our simulation and the caliber of those who chose to participate. It was full of emotion and [...]

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