I was a session speaker for the TriAgile 2020 event. Given CoVID 19 the event was virtual.
Leading and Collaborating with a Changing Workforce – Presentation
This is my keynote presentation at the Electricities Connections Summit held in February 2020 in Raleigh NC. Most organizations are underutilizing their most valuable asset in ways that are virtually incalculable. I share insights on Millennials and Generation Z and the opportunities for all organizations.
Blog: SEARS- The Agile Organization From Another Era Files Bankruptcy
October 15, 2018
Last night Sears filed for Chapter XI bankruptcy. Started in 1886 by Richard Sears as R.W. Sears Watch Company, it transformed retailing. Sears developed an innovative distribution delivery system and mail order catalog that offered virtually any product, to anyone, anywhere in the United States. They accomplished this feat by leveraging the US Postal Service’s Rural Free Delivery program that connected the most remote parts of the US. Sears recognized the opportunity to re-imagine retailing as a national versus a local business. In many ways, they started out like the Amazon of its day and then followed with retail stores across the country to become the Walmart as well. Continue reading
Publication: Leadership 100 Project Report Study
In 2016 and 2017 we completed an analysis of the behaviors, motivations and skillset of the leaders in Fayetteville and Cumberland County North Carolina. The process began with inviting a nominated group of community leaders to take the TTI TriMetrix® DNA suite of assessments. The assessment looks at behavioral style, driving forces (motivations) and skillset. These leaders came from business, education, non-profits, a government. One-hundred and sixteen (116) participants completed the assessment. We looked at the leaders against the national average, men versus women and African Americans versus White leaders. The findings are insightful and provide basis for moving the community forward on a positive path.