The future is volatile, dynamic and unpredictable. It is not really posible to fully plan or concretely prepare for anything. How could you possibly know what’s coming? You might lose the security of your job and become obsolete very quickly; particularly for those that spent many years performing in the same environment and for whom…
Imagine a business transformation as a falcon getting “Yarak” – hungry, but not weak, ready to hunt its way to success. This analogy paints a vivid picture of what it takes to turn a company around with a hunger for growth, resilience, and strategic finesse. Think of that falcon’s hunger as the driving force of…
…and stay there, is the lack of understanding of resource (people and capital) allocation. Understanding talent and assigning the right people to the right opportunities seems to be straight forward (I know it isn’t) but capital allocation, as a mindset, seems to be more difficult to grasp. Interestingly, the investment community is quite strong on…
Releyendo a Borges me he encontrado una vez más con esa maravilla que es “Funes el memorioso”, aquel uruguayo de Fray Bentos que tenía memoria perfecta y era capaz de recordar absolutamente todo. A la vez, era incapaz de reflexionar y desarrollar ideas coherentes haciéndolo ineficaz en la interacción social y en la toma de…
CEO’s, Strategists, Executives, and basically all of us know better what “we don’t want” than what we want. This not only applies to strategy but also to life in general. Think about it at a personal level. When you were 15 years’ old and were asked to choose what you wanted to be and therefore…
Transforming companies is never easy and the skills required often difficult to find within the company. There is always strong leadership required and great interpersonal skills to build relationships and bridges across, but there are also four different perspectives, or different “animals”, that I believe are important to get the job done: the Academics, the…
In my coaching sessions, I’ve come across many Senior Executives at the crossroads of deciding what to do next after many years growing through the corporate ladder in the same company but reaching that point when it becomes clear the cycle is over. You can feel it. You can sense it. You just need to…
A few days ago, I was having breakfast with the owner of a very successful family-owned global Pharmaceutical company. We were exchanging views as to how the Biopharmaceutical business environment is changing and the challenges ahead and he said something, in my opinion, very true: “large Pharmaceutical companies typically have far too many people and there…
Most Executives (probably all) claim and complain that they are as busy as never before and these days, with remote work as part of the new normal, it’s even worse with most of them at the brink of burnout as I read through many posts and articles…maybe. I do believe, though, many Executives are having…
In the last few months, many people have asked me and been curious about my experience on the transition from many years working in blue-chip companies to launching myself into a freelance, independent career as a Consultant & Executive Coach. Questions typically go around the development of business and coping with peaks and valleys of…