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Leadership Irony: To Accomplish More, Do Less

Great Leadership By Dan

On the agenda, was a business simulation that was akin to an outdoor scavenger hunt. Forget the strategy. We need better ideas and more strategies, and we also need to keep moving. As hard as it is for us doers to believe, all the evidence says that maximum effectiveness and innovation start with…STOPPING.

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StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 46 – Your Leadership Off-Site is Wasting a Lot of People’s Time

Strategy Driven

We explore the reasons for this shortfall in detail and discuss an innovative approach to maximize the off-site experience. During our discussion, Dan Parisi, Executive Vice President at BTS, shares with us his insights and illustrative examples regarding: the importance of leadership off-sites to strategy execution.

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Games Can Make You a Better Strategist

Harvard Business Review

And the corporate executive playing games to improve his or her strategy-making skills is still rare. First, there has never been a greater need for companies to learn new ways of doing things in response to a complex and dynamic business environment. Games are testing grounds for strategies. This is unfortunate.