One of the fundamentals of business strategy is that in order to survive and grow, organizations must create and execute sustainable competitive advantage through a unique value proposition to customers.  In Advantexe's business simulation workshops, participants learn-by-doing by choosing a value proposition and executing their strategy in their respective competitive market.

As a team of well-traveled consultants in the training and development industry, we have the privilege of working with myriad different industries, companies, leaders, and individual contributors.  With all of this variety, one could assume that's difficult to keep things straight, but the more complexity we see, the clearer the similarities in all of these pieces become.

 Over the past few weeks, I have had the pleasure of facilitating several Business Acumen learning programs and two clients' yearly executive business-level strategy planning meetings. As I reflect back on the engagements, several themes emerged that I thought were worthwhile to discuss in a blog.
Leaders take their roles seriously and strategy execution is serious business; getting it right is critical to success. So when emotions are high and the risk is great, so is the potential for conflict.