by Don Maranca | May 30, 2018 | Culture, Leadership, Process
By Jim Coyle on May 24, 2018 – Do you know how many people are directly affected by the work you do? I ask leadership teams this question and they usually answer with the number of people they employ – 75 or 100 or 120. “How about your vendors, employees’...
by Don Maranca | Feb 28, 2018 | Communication, Core Values, Leadership, People
My son didn’t like what he heard from me, so he went to his mom and got the answer he wanted. We call this “the end-run” but it also happens in business. Ever experience dissention in your organization where employees sided with one leader over the other? It’s like a...
by Don Maranca | Nov 3, 2017 | Accountability, Culture, Vision
According to Texas CEO Magazine, there are 5 criteria to develop a culture of innovation. Here’s how EOS (the Entrepreneurial Operating System) addresses each 5 criteria. Culture eats strategy for breakfast – Peter Drucker Christiane Michaelis lists the...
by Don Maranca | Sep 19, 2017 | Business Body, Business Growth, Marketing
Where should cash go first? Marketing or Operations? If we were to follow the model of our human bodies, it would go to Marketing first. In our business body, our Respiratory System represents the Marketing Function. Operations, or our Digestive System, would be...
by Don Maranca | Aug 23, 2017 | Accountability, Communication, Culture
“I didn’t know!” You ever hear that when counseling an employee? If you didn’t hear it, they were probably thinking it . . . or some version of it like “Am I supposed to read your mind?” Accountability starts with communication. Shame on you if you didn’t start there!...
