Category: Food for Thought
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Why Empathy Is a Business Growth Strategy, Not a Soft Skill
The post expresses frustration at companies’ lack of empathy toward customers and employees, highlighting that they prioritize profit over compassion. It reflects on the shift from valuing customer experience (CX) roles to seeking cost-cutting measures. The author emphasizes the importance of defining problems, educating organizations on CX value, and aligning empathy with business goals for…
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Leadership vs. Management: What It Really Means to Lead (and Why Most Organizations Get It Wrong)
The post explores the distinction between leadership and management, emphasizing that leadership involves vision, inspiration, and adaptability, while management focuses on organizational tasks. It discusses the challenges organizations face when expecting managers to become leaders. Development in leadership skills should be separate from management training to ensure effective growth within teams.
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Strategy vs. Planning: Why Most Organizations Confuse the Two
I would estimate that millions of words have been uttered to explain what strategy is (or isn’t). But crafting a strategy is a bit like trying to define ‘love’ – at times it’s ephemeral, it’s a feeling, a hunch, a gut instinct about where to go & why. What this post won’t be is me…