Bryan’s Blog

Why the Best Leaders Guide, Not Control

Whether you’re a CEO, CFO, Head of HR, or in any strategic advisory role, your job is to guide, not control. If that doesn’t sit right with you, you might want to revisit an earlier blog I wrote. Once you accept that your role is to guide, the next question is: “How should I guide?”

Workshopping Strategy Implementation

I think it’s appropriate that, by chance, my 400th blog is about workshopping. Facilitating board, executive, and team workshops is my favourite part of what I do. It’s challenging, always incredibly interesting, and rewarding as I help others draw conclusions from their deliberations. Whether you call it a risk workshop or a strategy implementation workshop,

Ford vs Holden

What can we learn from the Ford vs Holden rivalry that lasted 60 years? If you’re a younger reader you may well have started with the thought ‘WTF is he talking about?’. Chances are, if you’re a younger reader and into motor racing, you’re probably across the phenomenon. In a nutshell, the rivalry between these

Better Execution

Knowing what risks your strategy needs to tackle (see Better Boards and Better Strategy) is a brilliant start. But what about executing on your strategy? Recently I was training a strategy and change team in project benefits realisation. If you want me to sum up in a sentence the outcome I sought from the training,

Better Strategy

More than ever, boards get the importance of having a very clear and common understanding of the strategic risks facing their organisation (see Better Boards). When I say “common” I mean a common understanding of the risks amongst directors AND the executive teams. If you understand your risks, you are much more likely to devise