Developing a sustainable and realistic competitive and comparative advantage in your career is challenging. Everyone reading this understands how difficult and tiresome it is to upgrade your profile and skill set so that you remain attractive to your organization and clients day after day, week after week, and year after year. And it is not just about being better than you were 12 months ago. It means being attractive relative to your peers and competitors. Each year, thousands of MBAs and other graduates enter the workforce with fabulous credentials, and your peers get staffed onto choice assignments close to the…

Yesterday, we had the first MasterPlan Annual (MasterPlan 365) session with the new group. The first session is always interesting. At the beginning of the call, we explained two things we wanted to focus on. The first question was what was your trigger moment to enroll in the MasterPlan program? The second question was whether clients wanted to focus on the long-term track of putting together their Master Plan for the next 10, 20, or 30 years, or whether they wanted to focus on the short-term track where they are dealing with a particular problem or opportunity this year. Those two…

The MasterPlan Annual 12-Month MasterPlan Design, Update & Implementation Program “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” – Henry David Thoreau https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8C2VHbtVvk Many high-achieving professionals reach a pivotal moment where they realize: Their impressive credentials do not equate to personal fulfillment or direction. They hold significant titles yet lack a strategic framework for the next 10-20 years. Despite their hard work, they sense they could accomplish much more. The MasterPlan Annual serves not only as a blueprint for your success but as a strategic precursor to executive coaching, a pathway that will empower you to make profound changes…

Note: This is the most accessible way to begin transforming how you speak. And for many people, this is the missing piece that holds them back far more than they realize. The level of your expertise is only as visible as the level of your communication skills. You can be operating at 80% expertise, but if your communication is at 20%, people will only ever see a fraction of what you can actually do. This is what limits careers. The dedication is there. The experience is there. The results are there. The knowledge is there. But if the communication is not…

Are You Stuck in Roosevelt’s ... Gray Twilight? “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy…

Buffett’s Biggest Leadership Decision, And What It Means for You Imagine the final moments of Warren Buffett’s May 3, 2025, 60th annual meeting. First of all, how many people have held 60 annual meetings for their company? Very few. So here we had the Oracle of Omaha, 94 years old, standing before about 40,000 shareholders and guests, and almost no one knew about the shocking news he was about to deliver. All of a sudden, Buffett says, “I think the time has arrived where Greg should become the Chief Executive office of the company at year end,” and hands over the…

Have you ever heard about a fantastic role, within your firm, to work for a renowned leader serving an important client and dashed off an email explaining the value you could bring, why you valued working for them, and the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? It rarely ever works. That's because everyone else is chasing the same role. When we talk about networking, sales, executive presence, confidence, and gravitas, we often forget that these need to be applied within your firm first before you can see results outside the firm. You need to get onto the right roles in your firm to shine for clients outside your firm. A client is…

New Releases on StrategyTraining.com Every so often, an insight, a thought, or a realization changes how we look at life or business, and what we reach for. Michelangelo warned us, “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark.” This week, as new programs and resources go live across StrategyTraining.com, let's together set the kind of goals that stretch us beyond comfort, beyond habit, and well beyond yesterday’s boundaries. Each release, whether it’s practical frameworks for structuring complex business decisions,…

Are You Leading For The World We Have ...Or The World We Had? As you know, within StrategyTraining.com, we've been tracking global trends for a long time. And you and I have always known the West wouldn’t hold a lead forever. But when you spend time on the ground in different parts of the world the shift becomes undeniable. Regions once considered “developing” now operate with systems, infrastructure, and technology that often surpass what we experience in the West. It’s visible in how daily life works. Cashless payments, logistics, services, scale. It’s fast, reliable, and integrated. They are no longer catching up. In…