Leadership is central to any attempt at business transformation, but a top-down mandate alone cannot bring about the required culture shift necessary for those efforts of an organization to succeed. Why? The culture of a business – especially small to midsize enterprises (SMEs)

If you are concerned about improving your business or personal performance and you are receiving help from a coach, consultant, or mentor, you are doing so for a single reason: You are looking to achieve more success with less effort. However, most businesses and leaders wait until there is a crisis before engaging with a professional.

The need for business leaders to facilitate adaptation to a rapidly changing world is critical. Although many leaders are working hard to adapt, it is impossible for them to do it on their own. Joining forces with their most valuable asset, their people, is the logical solution.

If I asked a business owner or C-level leader if their business has financial statements, they would respond, of course we do. If I asked them to show me their formal process for measuring employee engagement and innovation, at least 95% would respond we don’t measure that.

When we begin to speak of resource life extension, many think of the circular economy. Here is a great explainer video from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. At its core, successfully converting to a circular economy requires that a business and their people change their way of thinking. In other words, they need a paradigm shift

Paradigms are critically important rules and regulations that tell you how to successfully solve problems. Paradigms act as filters that screen data that enters your mind. When data enters that does not match an existing paradigm, you try and distort the data to fit your rules.