by Lea Strickland | May 12, 2026 | Competitiveness, Strategy
Insights from Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Chess, and 3D Chess As a leader, navigating the competitive landscape of business is akin to playing a strategic board game. Games like checkers, Chinese Checkers, chess, and 3D chess offer powerful metaphors for the...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 25, 2025 | Business Articles, Leadership, Small Business, Strategy
Companies today face the challenge of selling products or services while standing for something. Many businesses adopt core values such as patriotism, “America First,” diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), social justice, and environmental...
by Lea Strickland | Sep 2, 2025 | Business Articles, Entrepreneur, Small Business, Start-up, Strategy
Looking for Oz, Behind the Curtain: How Business Really Works Introduction Have you ever wondered what makes a business tick? Like Dorothy when she pulled back the curtain in The Wizard of Oz, peering behind the scenes reveals the actual mechanics of how businesses...
by Lea Strickland | Jul 17, 2025 | Budgets and Financial Tools, Business Articles, Business Plans, Strategy
How to Build Flexible Strategies in Uncertain Times In an unpredictable economy, traditional business plans often fall short of expectations. They rely on single (often optimistic) assumptions that what has worked in the past will continue to work. Furthermore, they...
by Lea Strickland | Jun 20, 2025 | Business Articles, Capability, Strategy
In today’s unpredictable economic and global environment, your ability to adapt quickly and recover from setbacks is essential for survival. As businesses face a range of challenges, including supply chain disruptions, talent shortages, and technological shifts,...
by Lea Strickland | May 24, 2025 | Business Articles, Business Growth, Capability, Customer, Small Business, Strategy, Vendor Relations
SMEs Standing Out in the US Manufacturing...
