cohesion – Exploiting Change

Beware Hair-Trigger Responses by Richard Martin (Canadian Defence Review April 2017)

Richard Martin October 17, 2017 No Comments

Here’s the link to my April 2017 column on Defence Leadership or download as PDF.

Mobilizing for Readiness

Richard Martin May 28, 2017 1 Comment

Leaders and managers must learn how to harness their teams for effective and efficient performance. In fact, we can only accomplish great things by mobilizing people, teams and organizations to create value and change. I’ve identified seven key principles of mobilization for teams and organizations. I call it the M7M model.

Leading During a Crisis

Richard Martin May 7, 2017 No Comments

The current flooding in southern and western Quebec, as well as eastern Ontario and NB is bringing out once again the critical importance of CRISIS LEADERSHIP. That’s right, not just crisis management and crisis communications, but crisis leadership.

All Weather Leadership (for when the going gets tough)

Richard Martin December 5, 2016 No Comments

I’ve developed the Leadership Action Framework to improve the understanding of the leadership environment and the roles of leaders before, during and after an event or crisis.

Hierarchy Works!

Richard Martin August 21, 2016 No Comments

Hierarchy enables a thoughtful balancing of tasks, functions, and resources.

Balance decisive and participative forms of decision-making and leadership

Richard Martin September 28, 2015 No Comments

I’ve developed the following model to guide leaders in when and how to be decisive, delegative, consultative, or participative.

A New Approach to Strategy Formulation and Implementation

Richard Martin June 9, 2015 No Comments

I’ve just developed a quick and easy model for applying military principles of strategy and tactics to achieve business success. I’m calling this new model, MOME. It stands for Morale, Objectives, Mass, and Economy. Naturally, I’ve leveraged these principles with my near decade-long experience of applying this philosophy to help businesses grow and prosper in the face fierce competition and rapidly changing wants and needs.

Energize Your Leadership Development

Richard Martin March 5, 2015 No Comments

There is no truth to the belief that great leaders are born that way and that you can’t really develop or acquire the competencies for leadership. This belief stems from a self-limiting, fixed mind set. The first leadership principle—to achieve professional competence—tells us what to achieve, the second leadership principle—to appreciate one’s strengths and limitations and pursue self-improvement—tells us how to achieve it.