Marc Chardon, the bright and inquisitive former leader of Blackbaud Inc, and I wrote several pieces together that will be featured on this site. One theme we call, “Riding for the brand.” Brands we note, do not establish a class or cohort of groups. They exist to define and protect the distinctiveness of an organization, whether a cattle ranch in Wyoming or a drug treatment organization in...
When Consulting Just Doesn’t Fit the Narrative of Our Results First Work
As a Results First leader, I am different than an every day consultant. I chose the term “Outcome Guide” for six specific reasons:
Guiding is in a result context. You don’t need a guide to wonder through a field or a forest—whether literal or figurative. You need a guide to reach a...