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The Rumelt Strategy Chain
Results lagging? Operational friction slowing your path toward #profitable #growth? This 3 step framework is a powerful beginning point...
Jul 25, 20231 min read


Level Up Your Execution With a Bowling Chart
Level up your #execution with a Bowling Chart. Given the increase in focus on profitable, efficient, effective execution...dialing things...
Jun 27, 20231 min read


3 Elements of The Countermeasure
"We can't have another month/quarter like that last one..." If you've said these words, you need a countermeasure. The 5 min of this...
Jun 26, 20231 min read


Explain What You Do and How You Do It
There's so much value in explaining to 4th graders what you do & how you do it, as I did today. 4 important take-aways: 1. COMPELLING...
Jun 16, 20232 min read


Unexceptional Performance with Exceptional Execs/Orgs is Unfortunate But Natural
It's hard for exceptional #CEOs to admit that they (or their orgs) aren't delivering. Can you be exceptional & deliver unexceptionally? ...
May 24, 20231 min read


Need To Get Buy-in?
Need to get buy-in? From clients & prospects? Employees & candidates? Board & Investors? More info is unlikely the best place to start....
May 19, 20231 min read


Back to Basics - Biz Isn't Growing? It's 2 of 3 Things
Let's not overcomplicate things. No single #GTM will likely solve for ❌'s next to the other two (see the video). Similarly, it's hard to...
May 17, 20231 min read


The Reason For Your Unpopular, Difficult Decisions
Every great leader must make difficult & unpopular decisions, to solve the #100MillionDollarProblem...or day-to-day. What makes it far...
May 16, 20231 min read


Weekly War Room
Your weekly team call stinks? What's that have to do with #layoffs and your #clients? Take 90 secs to connect those dots. There are 3...
May 16, 20231 min read


What do Mothers Have To Do With Strategy, Execution, Results?
What do #Mothers have to do with #Strategy, #Execution, #Results? Everything. Period. End of Post. (2 min video explains the rest)
May 12, 20231 min read


90 Second Sprint - Missing Strategy
A bunch of very smart ideas in a great sounding narrative is not a #strategy. Reframe the adage "Hope is not a strategy" as "#Vision is...
May 12, 20231 min read


Rev Execution - Looking For 5 CEOs or CROs Who Still Need To Develop a Step-by-Step Sales Playbook
$10's million are left on the table because of suboptimal #sales #execution. Do you know exactly who is doing at each stage... ...of...
May 11, 20231 min read


90 Second Sprint - Newlywed Game
What do the Newlywed Game and The Super Bowl have to do with driving an incremental $100M in rev or $1B valuation? Take 90 sec to w/...
May 9, 20231 min read


Hit your OKRS But Miss Your Revenue And Profitability Targets?
The least interesting earnings call or board meeting goes like this… “We’ve been missing our top line growth goals, profitability is...
May 9, 20231 min read


Last Day of The Quarter - How Did it Go?
Rarely does any business hit all of their metrics in every quarter. What happens when there's a miss? (Really). What gets changed in......
Mar 31, 20231 min read


How Many (A) Do You Need Within (B) Time To Achieve (C) Within (D) Time
This week, I worked with two #CRO clients to illustrate how a little goes a long way: as in multi-millions incremental per quarter. We...
Mar 30, 20231 min read


The Five Horizons of Impact
Recurring revenue comes from creating recurring value. There are 5 recurring points around which most businesses mobilize. How many do...
Mar 28, 20231 min read


12 Tips For Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Leadership
Fast Company had initially asked me about the biggest challenges in digital marketing strategy. My response was about a topic* ... ...
Mar 15, 20231 min read


How The Most Successful Teams Bridge The Strategy & Execution Gap
Are you executing? Your team? Do you have tools & capabilities solely dedicated to helping you do so? Not your CRM. Not your financial...
Mar 14, 20231 min read


Client Quote. Client Love
I named my business (X)Form for many reasons. One was to have the kind of impact where #CEOs would tell me... ...that our work together...
Mar 8, 20231 min read
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