Mike Desjardins
How to Master the Art of Influence
Want to lead with conviction? Follow these principles to win the hearts and minds of those around you
7 Essential Behaviours of Great Leaders
Learn to model the behaviours you want to see and you'll be well on your way to executing your company's strategy
Building a Culture of Execution
Seven ways to shift your culture to one that can carry out your business plan and acheive your goals
Setting high quality objectives
Strategic objectives can only truly be achieved through the aligned efforts of teams of committed, motivated, and engaged people. Objectives at every level should always emerge from corporate priorities or ...
Matching your budget to your strategic plan
Budgeting or strategic planning, which one comes first? The challenge of building an effective budget ahead of the strategic plan for the next year is that, in most cases, you ...
Nine Ways to Focus Your Strategic Plan
Building framework and process for your strategic plan that will ensure you focus on what’s important
Why you failed
The conversation normally begins like this, “We’ve tried strategic planning in the past but somehow it allows seems to fall by the way side. No matter what method we try, ...
Best books on business
There is no “right” strategic planning methodology that works for every company or organization. In fact, using a blended approach to create a customized methodology is most likely going to ...
Choose your own “Wildly Courageous Decision”
Motivation and inspiration are closely connected to doing meaningful work. For most people, doing meaningful work translates into achieving something either on a personal, local or global level that makes ...
What is SWOT?
If you have done a strategic planning session in your organization then you are familiar with SWOT analysis: uncovering the inherent strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats which form the basis ...




