corporate strategy

To Sound Like a Leader, Think About What You Say, and How and When You Say It (HBR)

To Sound Like a Leader, Think About What You Say, and How and When You Say It (HBR)

Learning how to develop and convey a more ‘strategic executive voice’ — in part by understanding context — can help leaders avoid finding themselves in a potentially career-damaging situation. Your executive voice is less about your performance; it relates more to your strategic instincts, understanding of context, and awareness of the signals you send in your daily interactions and communications. Read on to learn more…

It's Time For Investor Relations, Corporate Communications & Marketing To Come Together (Forbes)

It's Time For Investor Relations, Corporate Communications & Marketing To Come Together (Forbes)

For many years, marketing, corporate communications and investor relations have been loosely connected by a dotted line in many organizations. Today, however, as organizations undergo digital transformation, rethink traditional approaches to communication and strive to underpin all business strategy with a sense of purpose, it’s more essential than ever that these divisions be fully integrated to achieve the kind of consistency and efficiency in messaging that key stakeholders expect.

Jim Collins & Level 5 Leadership - why some companies make the leap (EPM)

Jim Collins & Level 5 Leadership - why some companies make the leap (EPM)

Level 5 Leadership is a concept developed by Jim Collins in his classic business book, Good to Great. In today’s fast paced corporate climate, it’s powerful to reflect on these findings - still fully relevant and essential to success. How do the leaders in your company score within this framework? What kinds of strategies can be used to move from Level 3 or 4… to Level 5 leadership? And what role does effective, strategic, high EQ communication play among team members?

Want to change corporate culture? Focus on actions. (Strategy & Business)

Want to change corporate culture? Focus on actions. (Strategy & Business)

Strong, positive culture is a sustainable advantage — leading to outsized rewards in customer loyalty, brand credibility, employee engagement, strategic agility, and stakeholder trust.

Yet leaders have the most impact when they take the company mission and values off the wall and translate them into everyday practice…