Getting Competitive in Turbulant Times
Introduction The avalanche of data at ever increasing speeds creates greater corporate ADHD. The result is decision making suffers from “24×7 news cycle” thinking where now is better than later....
View ArticleAvoiding the Pitffalls of Strategic Planning
Introduction Getting people focused and committed on implementing a strategy has never been more difficult as von Moltke said: strategic plans do not survive first contact with the enemy, and hence...
View ArticleWhy do people resist change? Leadership Survey Findings (1072 managers, 510...
Here’s the first findings from research conducted jointly with New Catalyst.(http://changeisessential.com) Click Video link to view Nick Anderson position the upcoming publication of the full research...
View ArticleMeeting Today’s Leadership Challenges in a Complex World
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN COMMERCE, IT & MANAGEMENT VOLUME – III, ISSUE – IV (APRIL, 2012 (ISSN 2231 – 5756) Abstract Today leading in a complex world is one of the hot topics being...
View ArticleFocusing Change to Win – Global Survey of 1072 leaders – Executive Summary
This report is a rare example of inductive research, which lacks the bias of many change management studies. This is because it works from the “bottom-up” looking for patterns first, then developing...
View ArticleThe Fallacies of Change Management – Poll
The continued high failure rates in implementing change owe much of their origins to the fallacies of change management and how people view research (based on Korzybski). See how many are true from...
View ArticleThe Red Tape that Refuses to Die
Listen to the Radio Show of this Blog This month’s theme. The difficulties of cutting the red tape in Government. Here’s an example. Many Calgarians voted for change last October or November because...
View ArticleRealigning Schools for the New Normal – The Administrator’s Challenge
Introduction At school and district levels, managing scarce resources to sustain or improve results has never been more challenging. Striving for consistency and efficiency builds tensions between...
View ArticleRebuilding Trust – Productivity’s Cornerstone
Globally there is a slow erosion of those binding forces for people to “go that extra mile” . The employee-employer psychological contract is degrading. The degree to which people identify with their...
View ArticleFocusing to Win: Executive Seminar Series
This seminar series features Nick’s new book Focusing Change to Win which he co-authored with Kelly Nwosu. These sessions provides business leaders with insights into critical areas to help focus their...
View ArticleThe Neuro-Science of Learning: From Understanding to Sales Mastery
Adapted from an article by Bruce Lewolt, President of BrainX, LLC What Makes Us Different! The BrainX Intelligent eMastery System is designed to solve the problems that have plagued traditional online...
View ArticleSo, You pay $1000 per head for sales training and a month later you only have...
Crazy as this seems, surveys and research show this is a common outcome. There’s got to be a better way to ensure sales executives get a ROI from their sale training projects. We need to raise the bar...
View ArticleHow to Make Sales Self-Coaching More Effective
Self-coaching can be a like the blind leading the blind. At best, the rate of improvement is slow and inconsistent. At worst, the group perpetuates behavior that is not competitive. This is also true...
View ArticleWhy Sales Conferences and Sales Training Fail To Produce Results and What You...
Discover How Brain Research Can Produce Sales Results By Bruce Lewolt Your expectations of your salespeople are too small! Executive Summary That is the conclusion of a series of neuroscience and...
View ArticleSo, You give them $1000 per head for sales training and a month later the...
Crazy as this seems, surveys and research show this is a common outcome. There’s got to be a better way to ensure sales executives get a return from their sale training projects. We need to raise the...
View ArticleFocusing Change to Win – Global Survey of 1072 leaders – Executive Summary
This report is a rare example of inductive research, which lacks the bias of many change management studies. This is because it works from the “bottom-up” looking for patterns first, then developing...
View ArticleTapistry of Light – McCall Music Society Christmas Concert – December 9th 2013
Christmas Concert December 8 & 9, 2013 McCALL MUSIC SOCIETY PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS CONCERT DECEMBER 8 & 9, 2013 Continuing a longstanding tradition, McCall Music Society will present...
View ArticleThe Crispian Advantage Blog – 2013 in review
Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 27,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 10...
View ArticleHow do you ensure New Hires can develop Sales Mastery?
Being competitive sales success comes from sales people who are well aligned with the organization’s intent and mission. If you take that extra care to recruit and select such people, my question is:...
View ArticleUsing Behavior Analysis to Impact Sales Revenues
How can sales trainers and managers use BA to boost sales? Observing and assessing what people to say and do in given sales situations is not new. It can have a powerful impact on sales effectiveness...
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