The Carthaginian General Hannibal—the nemesis of ancient Rome— was once asked how he planned to cross the Alps with his elephants to invade the Roman heartland. His response was telling: “I will either find a way, or make one….” This […]
70% of all strategic initiatives fail to meet their objectives. The most important reason is a lack of execution power. In my work with high performance organizations, I have found that execution power especially collapses when leaders have to spend […]
During World War II, a group of statisticians was asked to find ways to reduce the number of American airplanes that didn’t return from missions. After studying bullet-hole patterns in aircrafts that returned from missions, the idea was to add […]
