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Slowing Down to Speed Up
- May 10, 2022
- Category: Leadership and People
Feeling “stuck” is a fairly common experience in the life of a leader, and for a good reason. The number of decisions, opportunities, priorities, risks, and relationships to be managed at any given time can be overwhelming. This reality can lead many of us toward a pattern of over-functioning to catch up or get ahead.
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The Peter Principle Still Applies
- April 18, 2022
- Category: Leadership and People
Things that grow change; as they change, what they need to keep growing changes. This fact is just as true for companies and those who lead them as it is for the natural world. It is also true that we don’t always know what we need because, as has been said, “we don’t know what
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Technological Innovation and the Changes Ahead
- May 11, 2021
- Category: Leadership and People, News
So many of us talk about the change we are feeling but can’t see. Hear Shad Berry and Jim Sagar discuss how technological advances are impacting all of us. Since some of the concepts are new to many of us; the takeaways are the following: We’re in the middle of a massive transition of global -
New Webinar Now Available
- April 5, 2021
- Category: News
Next Level Leadership is a program designed to fully equip senior level executives of mid-market companies for their highest potential level of responsibility and contribution to their organization and the people they lead. In this 45-minute webinar, led by Ken Edmundson and Shad Berry, you’ll learn how this program is designed to train and transform
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Getting Smarter Faster
- February 15, 2021
- Category: Leadership and People
Technology is now outpacing our ability to learn and process information. Computers are not going to replace humans, but they’re causing monumental shifts in our relationships, workplaces, attitudes and beliefs. It’s an inconvenient truth for many. But some want to embrace this truth to be better prepared for what’s coming our way in the 2020s. -
Relational Leadership
- January 15, 2021
- Category: Leadership and People
Next Level Leadership is a relational endeavor. Healthy relationships are characterized by a combination of emotional intelligence and relational integrity. The effective leaders of tomorrow will practice relational leadership. Hear more from Shad Berry: Free Download Here's a copy of Next Level Leadership – Navigating the Dramatic Changes Coming in the 2020s. Download E-Book About the Next -
The Leadership Journey
- December 15, 2020
- Category: Leadership and People
So many things have happened over the past year. It’s challenging for leaders when it feels like the ground is shifting under our feet. Leadership isn’t a destination, it’s a continuous journey – one that can empower us to navigate through uncertain times. If you’d like to learn more, here’s a quick message from Ken -
Introducing Our New Book: Next Level Leadership – Navigating the Dramatic Changes Coming in the 2020s
- December 8, 2020
- Category: Leadership and People
Has 2020 been a crazy year or what? Everything – from societal views to governmental and business systems are being re-engineered. It’s an incredibly challenging time for leaders in small to mid-market companies. The good news is there’s a method to the madness. If you study historical technology disruption cycles and their impact on society
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Are You Working IN Your Company or Working ON Your Company?
- August 25, 2017
- Category: Leadership and People
As most of you know, I spend a lot of time talking about the role of the CEO at a mid-market company. There are plenty of great business books written for Fortune 500 companies by CEOs and researchers. There are also plenty of books about startup entrepreneurs and small business owners. But the bookstores are -
Four Solutions for Common Tactical Marketing Challenges
- August 10, 2017
- Category: Marketing and Distribution
In previous posts, I talked about common high-level marketing challenges, as well as operational marketing challenges, facing many of my client companies. Today’s focus is on tactical marketing challenges. Tactics are important; rarely do my CEO colleagues ever tell me their strategy isn’t sound. Success almost always comes down to execution. While I don't evaluate
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