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The Role of the CHRO and Leveraging Powerful Insights
HR professionals have access to a treasure trove of data and insights that can revolutionize how they shape their strategies But here's the question: are they fully harnessing the power of their insights to drive HR strategy?
Discussion: How Leaders Can Move Forward Amid Market Volatility
CMG's Russ Lange and Gary Lancina break down the turbulence facing businesses today.
Cable Growth Driver Series: Network Expansion and Upgrades
Unpacking network growth opportunities through cable footprint expansion, competition for federal funding, and DOCSIS upgrades & capabilities.
From Chief Financial Officer to Chief Future Officer: The Strategic Evolution
CFOs have shed their traditional role to become strategic partners, wielding financial insight for business success beyond balance sheets. Collaboration, innovation, and data-driven acumen define their modern influence as architects of transformation.
The Power of Misalignment
Top-performing organizations don’t fear these hidden gaps—they seek them out. Discover how uncovering misalignment can accelerate your success and help you #Thrivein25.
The Sunday Scaries Have Become the Daily Dreads
Gary Lancina breaks down the rise of the “Daily Dreads” and offers four practical ways leaders can help their teams stay grounded and focused—despite the chaos.
How Will Your Organization Respond to Volatility and Change?
Are you better or worse than the competition? Survey results reveal insights that should give pause to leadership teams everywhere.
Customer-Centered Growth: Navigating Profit Pressures in Turbulent Markets
The economic landscape of early 2025 is defined by instability. Yet amid this turbulence, shareholders and owners continue to expect profit growth—creating a leadership pressure cooker that tests even the most seasoned executives.
Navigating Leadership in Times of Change: From Stability to Advantage
Feeling buffeted by 2025's political turbulence? Like skilled surfers, leaders can transform unpredictable waves of policy change into forward momentum.
The Power of Alignment: Unlocking Scalable Growth
Many companies struggle with revenue growth—not because they lack a solid strategy, talented people, or a strong value proposition, but because these elements aren’t fully aligned.
7 Steps for Naming Your Brand
Following a rigorous approach, being true to your brand promise, and getting direct customer feedback can fundamentally improve a name’s longevity and success.
The Customer Lens: An Approach to Customer Touchpoint Analysis
Fielding customer-satisfaction surveys is not enough.
How can CMOs use AI?
Artificial Intelligence has a lot to say about how CMOs can utilize AI to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Future in Focus: The 5-Year Growth Playbook
A critical tool in leaders’ bag of management tricks is the 5-year strategic planning process. This process helps achieve alignment not just on common objectives but also on the shape and meaning of the capabilities underpinning that strategy’s execution.
Escaping The “Effort Without Progress” Trap
Accelerating Alignment So Organizations Thrive (Now). CMG’s ThriveNumber™ is built to expose and address misalignment, impaired strengths, and the progress traps they create.
Pricing Optimization
CMG’s Stephen McPhail discusses a personalized approach to strategic pricing
The $125 Million Lesson in [Mis]alignment
What kills success isn't the knowns—it's the unknowns, or worse, the ignored. In 1999, NASA lost a $125 million spacecraft because of an unspoken assumption that destroyed years of work in seconds.
Beyond Alignment: The Foundation of High-Performance Teams
Alignment is fundamental to execution excellence, and it creates the conditions for teams to thrive.
Engineering Breakthrough Growth Requires a Bias for Change
Breakthrough growth is built through choices, habit, and action.
Conway’s Law in the Wild: When Org Design Becomes the Customer Experience
The culture your customers experience is the observed one, and you can’t “talk your way around” a broken experience.