Category : Business Innovation
by Roger Thenhaus | Nov 4, 2014
I recently read a Forbes article, “Remembering Warren Bennis: The Father of Leadership Development”, written after the passing of scholar and author Warren Bennis, and it got me thinking about the entire concept of leadership development and why it so often fails....
by Roger Thenhaus | Oct 28, 2014
Change management: a phrase heard often now in the world of business. Innovation within an organization is often praised as the key to future successes, but we often get caught up with this notion and find ourselves hung up and thus stalled by the prospect of creating...
by Roger Thenhaus | Oct 22, 2014
Last year you grabbed the bull by the horns and made some much needed changes to your business model. Right now, your product is selling well, your people are all aligned and happy, your bank is happy and most of all, you should be happy too. Time to sit back and...
by Roger Thenhaus | Sep 24, 2014
Often when it comes to business innovation, the go-to phrase seems to be thinking outside the box. Even though it is the box that may be keeping us all grounded, it really is that box that is preventing us from soaring. Using the excuse that change only works to cause...
by Roger Thenhaus | Sep 17, 2014
I had coffee the other day with Ken Tencer, author of The 90% Rule – What’s Your Next Big Opportunity and Cause a Disturbance. We got chatting about the advice he gives to Canadian Entrepreneurs and we got on the topic of his recent article in The Globe and Mail,...
by Roger Thenhaus | Sep 10, 2014
We’ve all heard them before, that ever elusive yet seemingly ever-present list of common characteristics of an effective CEO. And sure, maybe some of those things on that list are traits that you subscribe to on a regular basis. Many may not seem like...