July 7, 2016

Is Your Strategy a Map or GPS?

“We are lost!” says the angry wife to her flustered husband. “No we’re not, I know where I am going!” he shouts back (he has no idea where he is at).Sound like a familiar conversation? If you were born before the 90’s it is likely you have experienced this dreaded scenario. The only navigation tool […]

September 4, 2015

Proactive IT

Posted byDr. Don Frazier in Uncategorized

This week yet another CIO ask me “How can I make my IT team more proactive?”

March 30, 2015

Centralize or Decentralize?

Posted byDr. Don Frazier in E-Book, Organization

Centralize or Decentralize? As shown above, Google searches on the topic of “Centralized vs. Decentralized” ramped up in earnest in 2008 during the time of the economic meltdown and have increasingly vacillated since. But it is the wrong question. It shouldn’t be centralize vs. decentralized. It has to be centralized & decentralized.

February 25, 2015

What Happened to Strategic Planning?

Posted byDr. Don Frazier in E-Book, Strategy

Once a noble pursuit, strategic planning lost its potency and the trust of management. Restoring it to its former glory will require overcoming six fatal flaws. To-date my research has surfaced six flaws in the strategic planning process. Each of these flaws will be discussed below along with their resolutions. Fixing the Flaws To restore […]

September 29, 2014

Finding Your Connective Tissue

Posted byDr. Don Frazier in Organization, Strategy

As organizations become flatter and leaner they lose not only management layers, they lose the connectivity function these layers provided. Shared issues, ideas, and innovations were the topic of middle management reports and conversations. Now the details get filtered out to match the higher ratio of subordinates to managers. Without this sharing, the same issues […]

August 15, 2014

Case Study – Overcoming Organizational Inertia

Posted byDr. Don Frazier in Quick Use Cases

Below you will find an overview of a case where LeverSource was used to overcome cultural barriers to change.

August 15, 2014

Case Study – Making functional groups talk to each other

Posted byDr. Don Frazier in Quick Use Cases

Below you will find an overview of a case where LeverSource methods and tools were used to break down silos between functional groups.

August 15, 2014

Case Study – Handling turnover disruption

Posted byDr. Don Frazier in Quick Use Cases

Below you will find an overview of a case where LeverSource was asked to stabilize an organization after the departure of an executive and provide a smooth onboarding experience for a new executive.

August 15, 2014

Case Study – Delivering tough messages to executives

Posted byDr. Don Frazier in Quick Use Cases

Below you will find an overview of a case where LeverSource sorted through budget cuts and 72 areas of improvement to help identify the biggest bang for the buck to the organization.

August 15, 2014

Case Study – Defining success from multiple stakeholders

Posted byDr. Don Frazier in Quick Use Cases

Below you will find an overview of a case where LeverSource was asked to create a single plan based on multiple stakeholder viewpoints.