Signature Resources

by Les Wallace
I’ve consulted with six different CEOs this last quarter whose Boards and staff are concerned about where they are taking their companies. In each and every case the CEOs are superior strategists, top notch in their field, with a consistent track record every place they’ve been.
But they have made a leadership […]

by Les Wallace
Our future is in the hands of the little people; children now in the primary grades across the globe. While many of us will war, pout, discriminate, consume, whine, and invest short term, the little people are preparing to lead our future.
I’m having an astonishing experience. My eldest daughter and I […]

SECOND PEW, STRIDENT VOICE
Grammy Wallace, for as long as I can remember, sat in the exact same place in church, week after week. As you looked from the pulpit she was prominently on the left, second pew, about the middle. Usually the first one seated for services.
From this position she sang, truly as […]

GALVANIZING THOUGHT
Inspiration comes in unexpected places and forms. Although in our work with organizations we are continually impressed with the resilience and capacity of the human spirit, it’s easy to get complacent about the power of pride and opportunity. And so we appreciate the little epiphanies that come from the victory of the […]

HANDING OUT THE LIBRETTO
Opera, to make a generalization for educational purposes, is much like the current flow of our organizational life cycles. Broad colorful production numbers, frenzied periods of apparent chaos, tender moments of reflection, soulful periods of grief, frequent periods of audience uncertainty while we grapple with translation, understanding, and meaning; pomp and […]

by Les Wallace
ARROGANT BUREAUCRACY
Bureaucracy is inevitable. As we organize our work, processes become codified, authority is outlined to protect assets, and structure evolves to guide our work outcomes. Structure helps us maintain our border with chaos and harness the strain toward entropy. Every enterprise, for profit and not for profit, church or […]