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[Blog] Why hire fractional leaders? They must deliver what they promise
Fractionals, even more than other professional service providers, have aligned incentives with clients only to promise what they can deliver....
Steffen
Steffen Meyer advises corporations and startups on creating new businesses.
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[Blog] Fractional leaders offer credible expertise for a changing world
Everyone talks about "deploying AI." But as always, it's only 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration: Fractionals can make the 99% go better....
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[Quote] I have tried to manifest that magical environment
Leaders can't force alignment. Just as "management" isn't "leadership," so "governance" is not "shared mission."...
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[Blog] How innovation still matters in uncertain times
Innovators add value in org's that focus on here & now via incremental steps to a long-term vision related to the same purpose as core operators....
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[Blog] Beware the last 2 percent of work to startup milestones
The last steps toward "getting good enough" can be the very hardest by far....
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[Blog] A new "must-do purpose" — The solemn vow
The "Solemn vow" (per new work by Roger Martin) adds another must-do purpose and unlocks logic for choosing among all four....