Leading Thoughts for September 24, 2026

IDEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with:

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Richard Hagberg and Tien Tzuo on strategy:

"How do you know when your strategy is working? When your employees wake up in the morning knowing (a) why they are working for your company, (b) what the corporate strategy is, and (c) how they can contribute to that strategy by achieving specific goals and objectives. That’s the ideal green light situation."

Source: Founders, Keepers: Why Founders Are Built to Fail, and What it Takes to Succeed

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Geoff Tuff and Steven Goldbach on improving the process:

"The problem with best practices is that, by definition, if everyone around you follows the same best practices, they are no longer best. They are average. And what business leader wants to be average? The playbooks of business that have been crafted over decades yield an approach to management that is more concerned with risk mitigation than delighting customers and staying ahead of accelerating change. Many of these are so ingrained in business habits that there is no explanation for why we do things the way we do beyond ‘Well, that’s just how we do things around here.’"

Source: Hone: How Purposeful Leaders Defy Drift

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