Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Patrick is President of Fulcrum Connection LLC, and is a facilitator, leadership trainer, and professional speaker. The research literature on leadership finds that the most effective leaders are excellent managers and excellent leaders. “Leadership is about determining the right results and management is about achieving results.”

Goal 109

Goal Development Team Critical Success Factor 109

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Focusing on financial outcomes is important but the details on how those outcomes can be achieved and sustained are usually missing or to high level to be actionable. In the new strategy paradigm, the focus of strategy is on how to create competitive advantage. The priorities are on people and capabilities not things.

Strategic Planning 150

Strategic Planning Planning Competitive Advantage Long-term 150

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

A decision-making model that fosters teamwork in support of passionate champions. Most often a breakthrough starts with the naïve and then the experts determine how to do it. Organizational change is driven by marketplace factors: customers, competition, government regulation, and science and technology.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

When Sir Dave Brailsford became head of British Cycling in 2002, the team had almost no record of success: British cycling had only won a single gold medal in its 76-year history. That quickly changed under Sir Dave’s leadership. HBR: Do you think the marginal gains approach can prove as successful in other settings?

Kaizen 8

Kaizen Critical Success Factor Competitive Advantage Brainstorming 8