In honesty, even though they might not want to admit it, there are often gaps in organizations between best intentions and execution. So how do companies make sure that the actual day-to-day culture aligns with it’s values. How do they fill any recognizable gaps.
To be Sustainable, Not-for-Profits need to be for-Growth
And most importantly, for a not-for-profits, striving to make a surplus means that it has more money to invest back into and expand on its mission. This is a drive, not for profit, but for sustainable growth as well as to protect their mission by remaining a going concern.
Creating Consensus
Every leader has their own unique style of leadership that is developed out of their personality, experience, successes, and failures. There is no cookie-cutter one size fits all how-to answer on how to lead. There are as many leadership styles as there are leaders. Leadership is not a quality; it is more of a mindset […]
Balancing risk when making decisions from business intelligence trends
I want us to be aware of this natural inclination to look for trends whether they are there or not, when we seek out business insights from our business data. And then use this as a warning to cross-check our conclusions or allow for a margin of error.
Is Culture at odds with Diversity
I’ve been struggling with whether or not to write a post on culture. I usually try to make my posts be positive and forward looking. And yet, I can’t write an article on culture without first doing a small rant on what I consider the dark side of culture. The sometimes use of culture to exclude people that don’t “fit”. Even when they might have relevant skills and can add value. As a woman in technology, and now an older woman in technology, on the surface I don’t always look like I “fit”. Though, I guess I’ve been lucky. The teams and environments that I have worked in have been diverse, just by virtue of me being on them. And now, I’m at a point and level in my career, where I can positively impact a culture, not just “fit” into one.
Is your Sales Admin also a Salesforce Admin?
All too often, when a company uses a tool, such as Salesforce, the education and responsibility for administrating the tool is kept with to the IT people in the company. While the front-line super-users, the functional administration staff, tend to be overlooked as either not needing training or are restricted from doing things.
