James is an independent executive consultant working out of Richmond, VA. Since 1990, he has focused on making management teams more effective, mainly by creating shifts in strategy-perception and execution-behavior. He has done this for CEOs, leaders and teams in different business environments, including the public sector and non-profits. During his career he has been directly involved in diversification strategies, the integration of acquisitions, start-ups, the sale of business units a...
Control your span:
One of the reasons the typical organization hierarchy looks like a pyramid is because of a concept called the span of control.
The span of...
Leaders should fail early
How do you react to failure? Do you view it as the end of something or as the beginning of a new phase?
Do you accept failure as something...
This summer I read David McCullough’s book on the building of the Panama Canal. The book, called ‘The Path Between the Seas’, is as much about the engineering miracle as it is about the...
Business is not a sport:
I dislike it when sports teams are held up as models for business teams to copy. It is ridiculous for business teams to try to be like sports...
