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business alignment

The 3Ps: How it all comes together

June 13, 2010

I had high expectations when I received my free advance copy of Delivering Happiness, A Path to Profits, Passion and Purpose by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos. I admire Tony Hseih and Zappos tremendously.  Zappos gets so much right because Tony Hseih understands the profound importance of motivation and alignment in building a company. I [...]

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How to Get Out of Fire Drill Mode

September 17, 2009

I work with many tech companies. When I talk to the leadership team, they worry about company strategy and how to make it happen. But when I talk to the troops, their biggest challenge is being told that the 10,000 things they need to do today are of equal priority. The company is stuck in [...]

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Why RoX is the New ROI

September 10, 2009

Wow! SuccessFactors has just picked up a bullhorn and yelled “Hey everybody, it’s about execution!” Today the company unveiled itself as The Business Execution Software Company, kicking off the new era with their manifesto Return on Execution by Erik Berggren, Director of Customer Results & Global Research, and Lars Dalgaard, CEO. Execution has for too [...]

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How to Twitter (and Build a Company) – Find Your Lead

June 12, 2009

I am a fairly recent twitterer and to my surprise, I find it compelling. I seem to find more interesting and relevant links from Twitter than from my RSS feeds, even though I have hundreds more of those. What is it about Twitter? This puzzled me. Then yesterday I read this great blog post that [...]

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