LBL Brings SMPS Boot Camp to Dubai
Our VP of Operations, Doug Maris, is in Dubai – and not just for the nice weather! Doug brought our Strategic Management Performance System Boot Camp with him to help professionals from across the...
View ArticleWhat’s the Difference Between the KPIs, OKRs and KRAs?
When it comes to setting organizational goals, finding the right measures to track your success is a crucial part of the process. If you want to keep up with a changing market, you should know how well...
View ArticleWant to Be a Better Strategic Planner? Read These Classic & New Books on...
Strategic planning is all about the unknown. What will my business look like in six months? What will happen if I make this decision? How can I improve as a strategic planner? The list of questions is...
View ArticleWhat Strategic Leaders Can Learn from NASA’s Most Famous Flight Director
Gene Kranz helped build NASA from the ground up in the late 1950s, developed the space program through Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, and he was the flight director for missions including Apollo 11 and...
View ArticleRefer Friends and Earn Money with LBL’s New Referral Program!
We’re excited to unveil our brand-new referral program for past and current training participants! If you thought your time with LBL was impactful, we encourage you to pass along your experience to...
View ArticleThree Lessons in Effective Leadership from Elon Musk
Part 2 of our blog series. Elon Musk is a unique person. The CEO of his own space exploration company, Space X, and the genius behind the premium car brand, Tesla, Musk is constantly pushing the edge...
View ArticleWhat is Strategic Management?
We use the term “strategic management” often, but what exactly does it mean? To some, it might seem obvious, but the reality is that the term has a lot underneath the surface that is worth unpacking....
View Article4 Ways A Performance Management System Will Improve Strategic Execution
As a chief strategy officer or someone involved in business performance management, you know firsthand the struggles associated with getting your team (or more broadly, your organization) to execute on...
View ArticleTwelve Principles of Strategic Agility
At Agile Strategies, we apply the lessons of both Agile software development and organizational learning to the whole enterprise, particularly the process of formulating and deploying strategy. Here...
View ArticleThe State of Artificial Intelligence & Business Strategy
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a popular topic in the realm of business. From predicting IT failures to which new song will become a hit, AI presents many exciting opportunities. This begs the...
View ArticleLBL Celebrates Another Successful Boot Camp Session in Dubai
Dubai was such a great experience for LBL last May that we had to go back! This time we sent our President, Randall Rollinson, to train a new batch of strategy professionals. Equipped with our new and...
View ArticleBridging the Gap from Strategy to Execution: Leaders Must Lead
We all know the routine. A leadership team comes together to formulate strategy, then armed with the best of intentions, assign business unit and functional teams to execute the initiatives they’ve...
View ArticleThe ASP Chicago Chapter Is Seeking New Leadership!
Are you located in the Greater Chicagoland Region? Are you looking for an opportunity to be more involved with the Association for Strategic Planning? Would you like to increase your visibility...
View ArticleWhat Strategic Leaders Can Learn from NASA’s Most Famous Flight Director
Gene Kranz helped build NASA from the ground up in the late 1950s, developed the space program through Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, and he was the flight director for missions including Apollo 11 and...
View ArticleRefer Friends and Earn Money with LBL’s New Referral Program!
We’re excited to unveil our brand-new referral program for past and current training participants! If you thought your time with LBL was impactful, we encourage you to pass along your experience to...
View ArticleThree Lessons in Effective Leadership from Elon Musk
Part 2 of our blog series. Elon Musk is a unique person. The CEO of his own space exploration company, Space X, and the genius behind the premium car brand, Tesla, Musk is constantly pushing the edge...
View ArticleStrategy Execution Principles in a Disrupted Environment
Too often a gap occurs between formulating and executing strategy. In a disrupted environment this can be a fatal error driving unwanted costs, lost opportunities and, ultimately, failure to execute....
View ArticleLBL Strategies Endorsed as Registered Education Provider by Project...
Chicago, IL: The Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s largest project management member association, named LBL Strategies as a Registered Education Provider (R.E.P.). The R.E.P. title...
View ArticleCompanies Are Strategic When They Understand the Process
“The best laid schemes of mice and men go often askew” (Robert Burns, “To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough”, 1785) If poet Robert Burns were a CEO in today’s operating...
View ArticleThe Best Ways for Strategy Professionals to Earn PDUs for PMP Certification
For professionals in charge of strategic planning and management, having a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification can certainly be a boon to your resume and your career. But now that...
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