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Shake it Up

Few senior leaders when making important strategic decisions consciously consider their cognitive biases. These systematic tendencies to deviate from rational calculations…

Mark Crocker October 8, 2024

Busy Fools?

We are always told that the world is a much busier place these days and we certainly encounter people every day that tell us that they are “really, really busy”.…

Mark Crocker September 11, 2024

Smarter than the Average Bear

In the current climate there appears to be a dearth of critical thinking. Perhaps because Google has made it easy for us to be lazy in our thinking – just type…

Mark Crocker June 20, 2024

Fire When Ready

The real problem with poor performing employees is us. If you want to feel better about yourself we will concede that on rare occasions and for a small percentage…

Mark Crocker April 2, 2024

Drawing the Line

One well-established principle of organization should always be followed and that is that accountability, responsibility and authority must go hand in hand. No position…

Mark Crocker March 11, 2024

Leaving Change to Chance

It still surprises us just how many organizations leave change to chance or at best provide a couple of hours training in a workshop to prepare their leaders to…

Mark Crocker February 12, 2024

It's All About Attitiude

Providing outstanding customer service is one of the most rewarding yet challenging activities within any organization. Exceptional organizations that provide outstanding…

Mark Crocker December 11, 2023

Functional Dysfunction

Many organizations have invested huge amounts in customer relationship management (CRM) applications and these investments have generated a wide range of outcomes…

Mark Crocker October 23, 2023

I Have Seen the Future

Creating the future rather than predicting it requires moving from managing the probable to leading the possible and requires us to address challenges in a fundamentally…

Mark Crocker February 14, 2023

Building a Winning CRM Strategy

“Getting the right product, to the right customer, at the right time, via the right channel at the right price supported by excellent customer service” is the…

Mark Crocker February 14, 2022

Last Minute Larceny

Leaving things to the last minute is a recipe for disaster and it causes stress, anxiety and often a series of corners have been cut. Quality suffers and often there…

Mark Crocker January 31, 2022

No Place for Pyromaniacs

Putting out fires is very rewarding. It’s gratifying and provides instant validation for our efforts. This is apparently why people seem to like fires in business…

Mark Crocker May 31, 2021

Risk Versus Reward

Trying to avoid all risk in business is the same as trying to avoid all opportunity. Simply reacting to risk, meanwhile, is just crisis management: shutting the…

Mark Crocker March 11, 2020

Why Your Boss Is Wrong About You

As the performance review season comes to its usually unsatisfactory conclusion for many, we thought we would share our thoughts on why many performance review systems…

Mark Crocker February 11, 2020

Finding Fault

In business we often come across cultures where blame is accepted or is even the norm. We like to mention one of our favourite terms – ‘blame-storming’. This…

Mark Crocker January 27, 2020

Blue Monday

Blue Monday is the name given to this day in January (typically the third Monday of the month) claimed to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept was…

Mark Crocker January 20, 2020

Service Means Service

Good customer service is a valuable asset, especially in today’s high-tech-oriented, increasingly impersonal business world. Therefore, if you are aware of…

Mark Crocker January 14, 2020

Talking Transformation

Individuals, organizations change continuously, reacting to developments in their markets and to the arrival and departure of key people. In a large company, these…

Mark Crocker January 8, 2020

Vive la Révolution

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, commonly known as Industry 4.0, appears to be changing the way businesses function. Organizations must decide how and where to…

Mark Crocker October 21, 2019

The Complexity Equation

Charles Dickens in the 1830’s wrote that he lived in an age of “unrelenting change and unpredictability” so I wonder what he would make of our current scenario…

Mark Crocker October 1, 2019