Career Competitive Advantage Management 
Michael Lee Stallard
MAY 23, 2014
With 70 percent of American workers disengaged today, Pixar and Disney Animation provide a model for engaging and energizing employees by making culture a competitive advantage. In most companies the overwhelming majority of employees feel that senior management does not value their opinions and ideas. Care about people first.
Leading Blog
APRIL 15, 2019
Intuitively, yes, entrepreneurship is a risky career path. Managing this tension is the key to success in growing and stable organizations—regardless of industry, size, years in business, or profit motive. Here are my five insights on how to manage chaordic tension: 1. Some statistics show even higher failure rates.
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N2Growth Blog
MARCH 10, 2011
Now the good news : As much as some people want to create complexity around the topic of leading change for personal gain, the reality is that creating, managing and leading change is really quite simple. All initiatives should include detailed risk management provisions that contain sound contingency and exit planning.
Michael Lee Stallard
AUGUST 24, 2017
I’ve spoken with Jim Sinegal, Costco’s co-founder and CEO from 1983 to 2011, and interacted with Ryan Watkins, a young Costco warehouse manager across the country in Oregon. In this culture, most people feel controlled by one of more of the following: autocratic leaders, micro-management, too many rules and/or bureaucracy.
Great Leadership By Dan
AUGUST 16, 2012
Is it the ability to recognize sources of sustainable competitive advantage? From my perspective, succession planning and its sister initiative, talent management, must both be ingrained in a corporate culture. Rather, succession planning and talent management must pertain to all leadership levels. Maybe not so much.
Terry Starbucker
NOVEMBER 30, 2014
After all, it’s the nature of a business - going from Point A to Point B as quickly and efficiently as possible, to gain a competitive advantage and secure the market share necessary for success. I experienced this personally in my corporate career. The leadership part HAS to come first. EVERY time.
N2Growth Blog
JANUARY 13, 2011
An idea is not synonymous with a competitive advantage, an idea is not necessarily a sign of creativity, an idea does not constitute innovation, and as much as some people wish it was so, an idea is certainly not a business. I want to start by actually defining what an idea is, and is not.
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