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Dinosaurs, Big Consulting Firms and Disruptive Innovation

N2Growth Blog

Thanks to Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard University and his 1997 landmark book, The Innovator’s Dilemma , we have a new way of understanding the life cycle of companies and why some market leaders maintain their dominant position and other one-time market leaders disappear. ebooks disrupting the giant book publishing houses.

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Highlighting Our January 2017 Sponsor: Bill Treasurer

Lead Change Blog

Bill is the Chief Encouragement Officer (CEO) of Giant Leap Consulting, Inc. He has designed leadership and succession programs for emerging and experienced leaders for NASA, Saks Fifth Avenue, UBS Bank, Walsh Construction, Spanx, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the U.S. Bill’s Books Motivate and Inspire.

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MacGyver It: 77 Ways To Quickly Fix Your Profit Machine

Terry Starbucker

Jeremy has decades of consulting and performance improvement experience in business and government, including McKinsey. Terri was in the corporate banking world for 18 years before joining Jeremy in 2000. They co-authored Low-Hanging Fruit, 77 Eye-Opening Ways to Improve Productivity and Profits , published in March 2014.

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Catch People Doing Something Right

Nathan Magnuson

Several years ago I needed to perform a complicated banking transaction on a certain day but wasn’t going to be able to arrive during lobby hours. Having worked as a bank teller back in the day, I knew it would probably prove an impossible request. Another time I was responsible for opening up a restaurant in the morning.

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4 Keys For Bringing Out The Best From Introverts

Tanveer Naseer

People-facing jobs, like sales, management consulting and investment banking are dominated by extroverts. Work spaces for everyone The modern office space is an open one designed to foster interaction and idea-sharing, in short, a perfect environment for extroverts.

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Simplify Leadership and Focus on What’s Essential

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

Leaders open doors. Bill Treasurer is the Chief Encouragement Officer of Giant Leap Consulting. His latest book Leaders Open Doors focuses on how leaders create growth through opportunity. Guest Post Bill Treasurer Leaders Open Doors' Did he create opportunities for you to stretch, grow, and excel?

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How To Listen And Learn As A Leader

Eric Jacobson

In John Baldoni's book , The Leader's Guide to Speaking with Presence , he provides these tips for listening as a leader and learning as a leader: When Listening As A Leader : Look at people when they are speaking to you. Ask open-ended questions, such as "Tell me about." Make eye contact. or "Could you explain this?"