Your Portfolio Has Four Expensive Hobbies

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Z-Score 1.4? Cancel Your Strategy Offsite

Your Z-Score Is 1.4. Your Strategy Offsite Is Monday. You’re About to Light Three Weeks on Fire. New CEO, distressed asset, forty-seven days in. The calendar says Monday is the three-day strategy offsite at the lake house, booked six weeks ago, sixteen...

Your Star GM Is Destroying Your ROIC

Your Star GM Hit Every Bonus Target for Three Years. Your ROIC Dropped 400 Basis Points. You’re About to Promote Him. The GM is celebrated at the annual ops review. Three straight years of bonus-target attainment. The CEO calls him a “model operator”...

Stacey St. John Joins Stagnation Assassins

Stacey St. John Joins Stagnation Assassins as Women’s Leadership Expert Stagnation Slaughters. Strategy Saves. Specialists Scale. Key Takeaways: The Stagnation Assassin Methodology Now Has a Women’s Leadership Authority The Stagnation Assassin methodology...

The 2015 Playbook Is Killing You

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