At the turn of the century, we couldn’t get enough data. By 2010, we had a multitude of data. Now, we’re swimming in more data than we can possibly use. Gartner recently noted that organizations use only a fraction of…
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Making Better Data-driven Decisions to Drive Business Performance
Posted in Performance Improvement, Problem-Solving, Strategic Planning Tagged with: analytics, business intelligence, business performance, critical thinking, customer relationships, Data, data analytics, goals, hypotheses, interconnectivity, outcomes, performance improvement, priorities, problem solving, strategic planning
Plus Delta Named Talent Management Service Partner for Global Cold Chain
Plus Delta Consulting was recently named the official Talent Management service partner for the Global Cold Chain Alliance. For the past 5 years, Plus Delta’s President and CEO Dr. Jeremy Lurey has actively supported the Association and its…
Eight Great Ways to Engage Your Employees & Make Your Mission Matter
I recently facilitated a leadership workshop with a group of @Vistage executives, and one of these leaders asked me how she could keep her Mission and organizational Values alive in her organization. She created her “current” Mission statement with…
Posted in employee engagement, Leadership, Leadership Offsite, Mission Statement, New Hire Orientation, On-Boarding, organizational culture, Organizational Performance, Organizational Values, Strategic Planning, Talent Management Tagged with: company intranet, Director of First Impressions, employee engagement, employee handbook, employee of the month, hiring manager, Leadership, leadership offsite, Mission, mission statement, new hire orientation, on-boarding, organizational culture, organizational values, orientation, receptionist, star performers, strategic planning, values, Vistage
Do You Suffer from “Excessive Success”?
Sounds like a good problem to have, right? You’re actually probably reading this thinking to yourself, “How can you be too successful at anything?” Well, it may be a better problem to be excessively successful than to be failing miserably.…
Posted in Competition, Copycat, Customer Attraction, Future, Ideal Future, Jack Welch, Leadership, Leadership Teams, Positive Role Model, Strategic Planning, Strategic Planning Retreat, success, Target Market, Vistage Tagged with: competition, copycat, customer attraction, future, ideal future, Jack Welch, Leadership, leadership teams, positive role model, strategic planning, strategic planning retreat, success, target market, Vistage
Six Best Practices for Merging Two Companies One Culture at a Time
These days, it seems merger integration and corporate consolidation continues to run rampant across most industries. As you have undoubtedly seen over the past few years, many of the smaller players and especially family businesses that once existed are no…
Three Simple Steps to Declaring It – and Making It – Your Best Year Ever!
Happy New Year! Was 2013 a great year for you? Maybe not so much. Either way, are you ready to make 2014 your best year ever? As my good friend used to tell his four-year-old son, “It’s good to want.”…
Planning Your Future from the Future to Take Your Organization from Strategy to Action
Whether your organization is large or small, strategic planning is critical to the success of your business. Even individual departments must create their own strategic plans to drive sustained business results. Whatever our size or scope, we need to plan…
Posted in Action Planning, Future, Innovation, organizational change, Past, Performance Improvement, Strategic Planning, transformation, Visioning Tagged with: Implementation
Declare It To Achieve It and You Can Have Anything
For much of my adult life, I’ve had thoughts about the future I have wanted to create for myself. The stuff I wanted to have. The relationships. The professional accomplishments. Wanting those things for my future is nice. At times,…
Start Your Summer off Right with a Positive Change Strategy Session
That’s right! Plus Delta is kicking off this year’s 98 days of summer by offering you – our most valued clients and colleagues – Positive ChangeSM Strategy Sessions. These ½-day sessions are perfect for any Executive Team or functional work…
Taking a Step Back at Mid-Year to Move Your Big Rocks Forward by Year-End!
As we reach mid-year, I invite you to reflect on your goals for the year and assess how you’re doing. Are you on track to achieve your strategic intentions? Did something in your market shift to where you need to…
