Infographic charting key milestones on a startup Founder’s path to success.
Do you think shareholder expectations stifle innovation?
It’s now 5 years since the implosion of the banking industry, fed partly by the short-sighted focus on near term profits and executive bonuses. With this lesson now imprinted in our memory, does it lead us to question if short term shareholder expectations have an impact on a large company’s ability to be innovative and pivot when the market goes off in another direction?
As an executive, do you keep a personal score card?
So often we keep or demand score cards on the performance of our subordinates or delegates. Have we thought of doing the same for ourselves? If we don’t have a board or investors to report to – who measures us? If we have these, do they measure more than tracking bottom line profitability numbers? What are our other measurements of success?
Those lazy hazy days of summer – how do you handle slow times at work?
With the summer now drawing to close, I thought it might be a bit of fun to reflect on some of the things I like to do myself and within my teams with these loose cycles to regenerate, keep motivated and get things done.
How to Address Handling Risks on Projects
Three of the fundamental project governance knowledge areas in the PMI PMBOK are risk management, issue management, and change management. To me they are very much related. A Risk is something that might happen that will have an impact on the planned project. An issue is something that has happened and is negatively impacting the project, essentially a Risk with probability 100%. A Change is an adjustment to the planned project to address the Risk or Issue.
Providing C-Suite reports that demonstrate the value of online/mobile marketing
The executives in any company are interested in whether the online/mobile efforts are translating into profitable revenue for the company. What should Marketing teams consider when providing senior management with the right information to prove the value of your efforts?
