Identity Beacon

Illuminating Possibilities

Getting to productivity – one human being at a time

Disclosure: This is a promotion, sort of.

I am an unabashed fan of human productivity and the need to marshal it at any and all costs. So, here goes…

Human productivity is ultimately the only thing that allows organizations to achieve and sustain superior performance. Tapping the productive instincts, capacities and drive of human beings is one of the most elusive but important challenges of our time.

Identity Mapping® is a dynamic program for tapping the value-creating power of your workforce. It’s pedigree is not just my own identity consulting experience, but also the experience of The Ken Blanchard Companies, one of the leading leadership development and training companies on earth.

Identity Mapping helps meet the productivity challenge by enabling individuals to clarify the unique, value-creating powers inherent in their identities, and then apply them to their work, their careers, and the organization as a whole.

If productivity matters to you, download this valuable program resource.

Reframing the Rules of Value Creation

It’s the clarion call of all investors…value creation! And it’s wrong. What investors want is wealth creation – the result of value creation. Isn’t it time we got these two ideas straight? Facebook’s ability to justify the wealth it will inevitably reap from its IPO later in 2012 is strictly a function of the value it creates; not for investors, but for you and me; it’s users. (Complex equation: lots of value = lots of wealth.)

For all the time and attention paid to sophisticated economic analysis, market trends, competition and technology, creating successful business strategy designed to drive long term value is never a sure thing. Where value creation is the goal, however, managers must begin with a clear understanding of the source of that value — the identities of their organizations — or risk putting their companies on a path to inevitable decline. (Hint: Wealth never precedes value.)

Please download this valuable resource to distinguish value creation from wealth creation and how to re-frame it successfully.

New Executive Title: CGO – Find or train one today!

This has been bugging me for a while, so I’m going to dig it up and put it out there. Opinions welcome.

Ever since “the vision thing” collided with “execution is everything,” people have failed to resolve the ‘what is more important’ tug-of-war between these two powerful forces. Here, I offer a way to resolve the debate to everyone’s potential satisfaction (or consternation). Forget business for a moment; let’s garden. Continue reading

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