Evolution of Leadership – Reflection

Evolution of Leadership Style by M. Anthony Sacco When I think about evolution of leadership style and strategies for success, my mind goes back to my first supervisory position and the manager I reported to then.  At that time, I worked in a large accounting department for a multi-national manufacturing company.  This job was located …

Distributed Leadership

by M. Anthony Sacco of Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC For an organization to be as agile, innovative, and adaptive as possible, the appropriate actions and skills of strategic leadership need to be distributed throughout all levels of its human capital, not locked in positional roles, with the value of leadership skills clearly communicated and recognized …

Legacy & Leadership

Legacy can be a test of leadership. By M. Anthony Sacco (Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC) In the final chapter of John C. Maxwell’s book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, as seems appropriate, is a keystone concept.  In it, he addresses the “Law of Legacy” or, as some would call it, “succession”.  At the outset, …

Strategic Planning for Entrepreneurs

by M. Anthony Sacco of Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC As an entrepreneur myself, doing all the necessary tasks required to keep growing my small business, believe me when I say, I understand why Strategic Planning seems like a luxury and ends up getting delegated to the "things I can't afford to take the time to …

Talent Gap Awareness

Talent Management by M.  Anthony Sacco of Stratalyne A lot of organizations spend time and money on the nuts and bolts of talent management but end up with a strategically weak pool of talent. What I mean by "strategically weak" is that these organizations hire and fire based upon historic performance profiles without regard to …

Leadership

by M. Anthony Sacco of Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC John C. Maxwell has me confused I'm participating in a discussion group facilitated by the Ma 'at Development Group based upon the book, 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell (Thomas Nelson; Revised & Updated edition September 16, 2007). The laws are given memorable …

Employee Retention Surprise

by M. Anthony Sacco Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC The first year is more important. The (October, 2015) Harvard Business Review published a short article (on page 34) entitled "Talent Quitting Time" about retention. The article is based upon a statistical study done during the first half of 2015 ("Recruiter Sentiment Study") that investigated employee turnover …

Innovation Perspectives

Triggers of innovation Innovation can be triggered from various internal and external sources. In the business modeling book, Business Model Generation (Osterwalder & Pigneur, Wiley, 2010, 138-139) these triggers are described as "Resource-Driven", "Offer-Driven", "Customer-Driven", "Finance-Driven", and "Multiple-Epicenter Driven".  Since innovation is one key driver of a successful business and a key to the strategic …

THE POWER OF WHY

By M. Anthony Sacco This morning, in an attempt to expand my concept of leadership and improve my own leadership style, I picked up Simon Sinek's book Start With Why.  It turned out to be expansive in its relatively straight forward approach and practical illustration(s).  In other words, it got me thinking. My take on …

Networking & Referrals Marketing

by M. Anthony Sacco (Stratalyne Business Solutions LLC) Once a week I attend a “formal”, structured, membership-based networking and referral group meeting.  You may be familiar with the organization, it’s BNI (Business Network International) and it's growing with thousands of members.  In addition, to enhance what I get from the weekly meetings, I picked up …