Organizational culture is an interesting thing. There are an infinite number of definitions, papers, books, articles, and blogs about the topic because as Peter Drucker once said, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast."

Who says long term strategic planning is dead? In many of the business acumen learning workshops that I conduct, participants push back on the concept of long term strategic planning. They feel that in these days of Wall Street-driven results that the concept of long-term planning is dead; replaced by the emphasis on quarterly results and short term payouts of dividends.

5 Strategies to Make Sure That Your Customer Relationships are Strong Enough to Show on LinkedIn

I just finished facilitating an interesting conversation with a group of sales professionals participating in a customized Strategic Business Selling learning journey. One of the topics of this training is leveraging social selling to enhance the selling process and to enhance the customer relationship and experience.

Five Upcoming Business Milestones to Watch - Part II

Earlier this week in part one of this blog, we urged our participants and readers to continue developing business acumen skills by applying new skills and keeping up-to-date on global business and economic challenges and opportunities that we all face.

This is the time of the business year when many professionals are busier than ever because they feel trapped between finishing the execution of last year’s strategic plan and starting the process of developing next year’s plan. Yesterday afternoon, I was conducting an information gathering interview as part of the design for an upcoming business simulation workshop when I asked our subject matter expert – the President of a Business unit – how things are going.