Mike Richardson, Author at Vistage Research Center http://www.vistage.com/research-center/author/mike-richardson/feed/ Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Wed, 24 Jul 2024 23:17:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 141323424 What to learn from the firing of Ford CEO Mark Fields /research-center/business-leadership/06262017-learn-firing-mark-fields/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=06262017-learn-firing-mark-fields /research-center/business-leadership/06262017-learn-firing-mark-fields/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:00:29 +0000 https://2017.vistage.com/research-center/?p=21873 When Mark Fields became CEO of the Ford Motor Company in 2014, he had some very big shoes to fill. His predecessor, Alan Mulally, had previously led a spectacular turnaround at the automaker, taking the company from record losses in...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/06262017-learn-firing-mark-fields/feed/ 1 21873 10 ways to ‘budget’ for agility in 2017 /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20161212-10-ways-to-budget-for-agility-in-2017/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20161212-10-ways-to-budget-for-agility-in-2017 /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20161212-10-ways-to-budget-for-agility-in-2017/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:00:12 +0000 https://2017.vistage.com/research-center/?p=20769 In this age of widespread disruption, your organization needs to meet two key goals: One, you need to constantly scan the horizon for disruptive forces. Two, you need to budget for agility, because it’s key to managing disruption — and...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20161212-10-ways-to-budget-for-agility-in-2017/feed/ 0 20769 Fend off disruptive outside factors with business agility /research-center/business-leadership/organizational-culture-values/20161114-fend-off-disruptive-outside-factors-with-business-agility/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20161114-fend-off-disruptive-outside-factors-with-business-agility /research-center/business-leadership/organizational-culture-values/20161114-fend-off-disruptive-outside-factors-with-business-agility/#respond Mon, 14 Nov 2016 10:10:04 +0000 https://2017.vistage.com/research-center/?p=20632 Is agility on your horizon?  We have always scanned the horizon for outside forces which will impact our business, good and bad, for which we need to ready ourselves.  It’s embedded in the essence of the classic SWOT analysis of...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/organizational-culture-values/20161114-fend-off-disruptive-outside-factors-with-business-agility/feed/ 0 20632 The path to agile innovation /research-center/business-leadership/business-innovation/20160906-the-path-to-agile-innovation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20160906-the-path-to-agile-innovation /research-center/business-leadership/business-innovation/20160906-the-path-to-agile-innovation/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2016 17:00:14 +0000 https://vistage.staging.wpengine.com/blog/?p=19300 Innovation, most would agree, is the secret of sustained success. But maintaining innovation for the long haul is hard. Just look at companies like Blackberry and Sony, who used to be among the most innovative companies on the planet and...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/business-innovation/20160906-the-path-to-agile-innovation/feed/ 1 19300 Advance your strategic plan with an agile strategy process /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20160825-advance-your-strategic-plan-with-an-agile-strategy-process/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20160825-advance-your-strategic-plan-with-an-agile-strategy-process /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20160825-advance-your-strategic-plan-with-an-agile-strategy-process/#respond Fri, 26 Aug 2016 00:02:01 +0000 https://vistage.staging.wpengine.com/blog/?p=19404 I have good news and bad news.  The good news is that strategic planning is simpler than you think.  The bad news is that the traditional strategic plan and its implementation is dead!  Long live an Agile Strategy Process.  Agility is king!...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20160825-advance-your-strategic-plan-with-an-agile-strategy-process/feed/ 0 19404 From peer advantage to agility advantage /research-center/business-leadership/business-agility-advantage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=business-agility-advantage /research-center/business-leadership/business-agility-advantage/#respond Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:30:11 +0000 https://blog.vistage.com/?p=18722 Yesterday I chaired a “SWAT-Team” meeting for one of my Vistage/TEC CEO members and his management team. Three members of his Vistage/TEC CEO Group (which I chair) and I convened  in between our regular monthly peer group meeting because their...

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