Communicating strategy: why and how?

WEST BROMPTON — What is it that businesses really need? 

They need people to do things quickly and effectively.  The equivalent of stocking the shelves each day, to match demand.

But less obvious.

Businesses need to be able to respond to market changes… and do it quickly.  People must take strategy into consideration in their everyday decisions.

People must make better decisions.

Communicating strategy is [...]

Don’t cancel your Q1 managers’ meeting! Make it work instead

HAMMERSMITH — I don’t know why we have been talking about this a lot in the last few weeks, maybe it’s the season. Maybe people aren’t sure what to do in 2009, so they’re focusing on annual events. But we have been talking a lot about big business strategy meetings.

Some companies have or will cancel them. The [...]