I Wish I Had Said That:

Sometimes you read stuff and it fits so perfectly all you are left with is: "I wish I had said that." Just as I was preparing my next followup article on how to make yourself unnecessary Linked-In published this blog post.  Since I couldn't improve on it I will just share it. If you are [...]

By |2018-01-25T20:23:35-05:00June 3rd, 2013|Blog, Leadership, The Creedy Commentary|1 Comment

On Becoming Unnecessary

Funeral Service is simultaneously over managed and under led. The key to overcoming the "Being Necessary" complex is to recognize the difference between management and leadership. It is the overmanagement that creates all the physical and emotional stress in this profession. More to the point the current trends in misapplying management data is turning professionals [...]

By |2018-01-25T20:23:49-05:00May 27th, 2013|Leadership, The Creedy Commentary|2 Comments

4 Early Signs You May Be Losing Control of Your Business

Recently I read something that triggered an insight.  In my Funeral Home Consulting practice it is clear that businesses don't just suddenly spin out of control.  Except in the rare case of disruptive innovation like an unconventional competitor, calamity does not occur overnight.  "Things" start happening well before the challenges are apparent. Almost all of [...]

ALPHA DOGS AND THE ROAD TO NOWHERE

WHY WE CAN'T AFFORD TO FOLLOW YOUR LEAD ANYMORE Alpha Dogs are frequently those "Type A" personalities that exercise undue influence on others, especially organizations.  You find them in every group of people.  By their nature and sheer force of personality they tend to cause people to follow their lead whether they know where they [...]

By |2018-01-25T20:27:14-05:00January 28th, 2013|Blog, Leadership, The Creedy Commentary|10 Comments

Reinvention: A 3 Pronged Plan

I once heard a sermon that now seems appropriate to this last in my series on reinvention. We all know the story of Jesus healing the blind.  This sermon wondered not about the healing but THE DAY AFTER.  The man's whole life was turned upside down.  He had KNOWN HOW to be blind.  His livelihood depended on [...]

REINVENTION: The “Valley Of Death”–Your Cycle Of Grief

Last week I referred to Andrew Grove's comments relative to the reinvention of Intel in which he referred to the process as the "Valley of Death." Strategic Inflection Points: what happens to a business when a major change takes place in its competitive environment... what is key is that they require a fundamental change in [...]

By |2018-01-25T20:30:26-05:00October 22nd, 2012|Blog, Leadership, The Creedy Commentary|5 Comments
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