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The Power of Story When we have something important to communicate, it is important to remember the power of story.   In some ways, that is no blinding insight.  We know and have experienced the power of story.  It is there in our own reactions when we are riveted to a screen, engrossed in a book […]

From Work from Home to…. The future of work and the workplace is understandably on many people’s minds right now — both personally and on behalf of their organizations. One way of looking at it starts with a Workplace Pendulum, with the extremes in the swing being the office and work from home (WFH). The […]

The Leadership Factor “Just as you wouldn’t marry someone after only a first date, you should not select someone for a leadership job solely because of the person’s interview performance – which is exactly that, a performance.” Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic Many organizations are now turning from crisis management during the pandemic to reimagining themselves and their […]

Hiring the Best College Leaders: Gaps, Solutions & Experts Everyone acknowledges that hiring is one of the most important jobs we do. Great hires can make a huge positive impact. Less than great hires … well, you know. The Hiring Gap There is a significant gap between how we think hiring should go and our […]

Leaders and Redesign Faced with a time of challenge, leaders choose from three sets of tools in their kit. The first set enables their organization to grow — to increase revenues. The second enables it to trim — to make cuts and find efficiencies. Grow and trim. Trim and grow. You can readily identify your […]

Compass North Consulting Inc., a Peterborough-based consulting firm, announced today that they have entered into a strategic alliance with Mandrake, a leading Canadian consulting firm, and Mega Experience, a leading marketing agency, to advise organizations and businesses on how to address the changes to their operations due to the coronavirus pandemic and thrive in the new normal.

Strategic planning is the process of establishing a longer-term vision, competitive position and specific steps to get there. Your organization’s strategic plan is its game plan for development and change – a valuable guide for leaders, employees and stakeholders to know where you are going and to engage in getting there.

Right now, moving “from survive to thrive” seems very ambitious, even for businesses and not-for-profit organizations that were doing well before the Covid-19 Pandemic. So it is useful to break this down somewhat – to consider this in terms of four definable stages in a roadmap toward a better future. The four stages progress from Survival to Transition then through Redesign to the Emergence of a new organization.

In a few short months in 2020 and as a result of the pandemic, Canadian colleges went from thriving to survival mode. It was a shocking change, going from record surpluses to potential deficits, from searching for space to Covid-emptied campuses.