What’s the most significant thing you can do to ensure organizational performance so that progress continues? Adopting an evidence-based mindset, an open-minded attitude that would seek to identify what has...
Key performance indicators Tracking key performance indicators is the difference between thinking everything’s fine and knowing where a problem lies. Moreover, what’s behind it. So what key performance indicators should...
With the explosion of corporate mergers, acquisitions, right-sizing, and the evolution of e-business, companies must execute dynamic corporate strategies to adapt and keep up their competitive advantage successfully. The agility...
The allocation of financial capital is a critical driver of an organization’s performance. However, the value of managing and allocating human capital is less widely known. We consider an employee’s...
Every success and mishap; every opportunity seized or missed is the result of a decision that someone made or did not produce. Choices routinely get stuck and affect the performance,...
As highlighted in Viable Vision, using the Theory of Constraints (TOC) most companies today do not seem to have the right roadmap to their vision, which means their vision is not...
Promising practices for Boards that will benefit every organization: Nose in, hands off Build a robust and qualified board of directors and evaluate the performance Define roles and responsibilities Emphasize...
You must choose which methods you will use, and for what purpose you will use them. These choices form what we call a strategy, a set of decisions an entrepreneur...
Many CEOs want to make a difference. Convinced that companies should play a positive role in environmental stewardship and social development, they declare sustainability a top priority, launch a transformation...
The first management book that resonated with me was In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters and Bob Waterman. It was published in 1982. Moreover, it shaped my approach to...
It is lonely at the top, especially for CEOs. Most CEOs lack a means to systematically gather the precise information from all levels of the business. While CEOs are often...
There is urgent interest in the problems of boards, and a growing demand for more accountability. Boards do not think about or debate governing; they just do it. Many boards...
Albert Einstein was once asked, “how many feet are in a mile?” He replied, “I don't know. Why should I fill my brain with facts I can find in two...
For years, Stephen Covey has presented, “Begin with the end in mind” as the first of his “7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” Common sense says planning is an excellent...
Getting the best people into the most critical roles does not happen by chance. It requires a disciplined, evidence-based look at where the organization creates value and how its top...
Sir Michael Barber’s report “Delivering better outcomes for citizens: practical steps for unlocking public value,” published in November 2017 provides valuable insight into how to meet this challenge. It offers...
Over the past few decades, there has been a great deal of...
Leaders around the world are confronting a welter of...
There's a lot of fear surrounding the use of artificial...
One of the books that help shape my approach to business was...
Giving negative feedback is challenging for most people, as...
AI takes and uses feedback more effectively than humans. It...
Do you ever feel like there are not enough hours in the day?...
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Kim Allen brings clients a big-picture view that balances innovative thinking with the practical mindset that can only be gained by leading organizations. He draws on his 25+ years of accomplishment as a chief executive in the public, private, regulatory, and association sectors and experience across all major business functional areas. As an agile leader, Kim works with business leaders around the world to build and strengthen governance, strategy, organizational alignment, and operational excellence. Also, he works with clients to find and develop exceptional leaders. Kim cares about the people and understands the bottom line.
