1. Customer Churn, Consolidation And Degradation Most business plans typically look to the up-side of business growth. However, customer churn and degradation is a fact of life. The market will likely shrink, or consolidation will play its part to erode your revenues also. Expect to go backward, say, 10%, every[…]
Forbes: Nine Steps To Develop Leadership Discipline
Business leaders have a tough job. They must manage themselves, lead others and keep the organization heading in the right direction. They are ultimately accountable for the organization’s success. With this comes stress, fear and other emotions that can get in the way of leadership discipline. Working with CEOs and[…]
Forbes: The Case For Establishing A Winning Strategic Framework
How much more organizational growth would you have seen if you had concentrated your efforts and made tough strategic choices — choices to understand what winning really means? These choices can create a distinct competitive advantage for your organization. As an executive coach, I have worked with many leaders who[…]
Forbes: Want Your Leaders To Think More Strategically? Start With These Three Things
CEOs and leadership all strive to be the best — to have a “winning” organization. At the same time, they carry the burden of making things work — the ups and downs and building a strong brand and a strong, supporting culture. And sometimes, they don’t get the desired performance[…]
Forbes: A Vision At Rest Is Never Your Best
I recently read an article that said a properly crafted vision statement is at the heart of every organization. I would think most people reading this would agree that a vision is important. In fact, it’s rare to run across an organization that does not have a well-crafted vision statement.[…]
Forbes: In A Playing-To-Win Strategy, Do You Know Where To Play?
“The Founder” is a 2016 movie and the true story of Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s. Ray was a salesman and, in his travels, he met Mack and Nick McDonald who were running a unique burger joint. They had developed a uniform system based on quality and speed. What made[…]
Forbes: Three Keys To Preventing Strategy And Focus Leakage
It’s the beginning of a new calendar or fiscal year and you and your team are excited about the future prospects. You’ve had a pretty good year, but not without some frustration and even, at some point, organized chaos. But it’s a new day. Your board, leaders and team completed[…]
Forbes: Solving The Alignment Puzzle
Alignment is defined as a position of agreement. Think of a car: When it’s not aligned, things are bound to go wrong. The same can be said for business. Business alignment means that all elements of a business are organized and functioning at the highest level. It helps produce an[…]
Chuck Gulledge Accepted Into Forbes Coaches Council
St. Louis, MO — 07/03/2017 — Chuck Gulledge, Founder and Executive Business Coach with Chuck Gulledge Advisors, has been accepted into the Forbes Coaches Council, an invitation-only community for business leaders and performance coaches. Gulledge provides highly experienced one-on-one coaching to CEOs and Executives to focus on leadership, strategy, and[…]
Solving the Business Alignment Puzzle
Alignment is defined as a position of agreement or alliance. Business alignment means that all elements of a business are organized and functioning at the highest level. Alignment is important to the execution of your strategy and in creating momentum in your organization. Alignment helps produce an energy within your[…]