Have you ever had a thought turning in your head but were unable to describe it? And then someone turns a single phrase and you jump, “That’s it!” This happened to me on a recent trip to Europe. For a while now, I have been looking for something to describe an intangible capability that gre... Read more...
The other day I was binge watching Mozart in the Jungle. I love this show not just because of the story, characters and the set pieces but because of what it teaches me about leadership. Mozart in the Jungle presents the fictional transformation of the New York Symphony from an old school, tradition... Read more...
Spike Strip: (also known as traffic spikes, tire shredders, one-way traffic treadles, stingers, stop sticks, a stinger in police slang, and formally known as a tire deflation device) is a device used to impede or stop the movement of wheeled vehicles by puncturing their tires. (Wikipedia) Complac... Read more...
As presented in part 1 of decision-fatigue Could Decision-fatigue Be Bogging Your Customers Down?, giving consumers too many choices is not efficient for generating more sales and acquiring new customers. However, this is also the case for your employees. Many people suffer from decision fatigue,... Read more...
Do remember a time when you resisted change? What was the reason? Today you are the leader of change and you are on the other side of it. How do you feel about resistance now? Too many leaders forget those times when they were at the opposite end of change. But now you are leading a major transf... Read more...
On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, MSSBTI hosted the first of many forums on Business Transformation topics. This forum discussed the topic of Mergers & Acquisitions: Accelerating Successful Integration. The expert panel included executives and advisors from around the country who were selected based on ... Read more...
“From Around the Web” is a regular series of gathered articles, case studies, and statistics highlighting different themes in transformational leadership excellence across a variety of industries demonstrating how businesses successfully deliver transformation efforts within their companies.... Read more...
The emergence of Organizational Change Management as the panacea to achieve success in accomplishing business initiatives, process improvements, and applying newer technologies has created a cottage industry of “change management” consultants, methodologies, and tools. MSS, being a key player ... Read more...
On the heels of 2016, the third strongest year on record for Mergers and Acquisitions, there appears to be momentum to continue and even grow the number of previous year transactions. According to FactSet, S&P 500 businesses retained over $1.5 trillion in “dry powder” as of 3Q16. Pri... Read more...
Transformation is an investment, and one that is not without risk. One of the key risks that companies run into is that change impacts productivity through dissatisfaction, resistance and even turnover of employees. This is one of the reasons to incorporate effective change management into your tran... Read more...
Over time, merger or acquisition opportunities may present themselves as a growth opportunity for your business. As discussed in the past, M&A can be very distracting to an early-stage business still trying to optimize their stand-alone business. Especially when things can often go awry in m... Read more...
I have always been fascinated by the sport of mountain climbing. Recently, I was watching a movie on climbing Mt. Everest in which they described the Death Zone - the region above 26,000 feet where a climber’s body starts to die. They had my attention. At 8,000 meters (26k ft.) and above, the a... Read more...