EGO - PROOF
STRATEGY ALIGNMENT EXECUTION
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU
WANT
IT’S WHAT THE SITUATION
REQUIRES
Everyone ”knows” the right strategies
This is called “ego based planning”
Since everyone thinks they have the “right” vision,
it creates an unstated “clash of egos”
before the process even starts.
A Better Idea . . .
”Issue Based Planning”
Removes ego from the equation
The result is team alignment and strategic focus
"I have worked with Cullen for over nine years. Initially, when I was the panel director, he served as a panelist on national review panels for small business innovation research supported by the National Science Foundation.
He time and time again demonstrated reasonable judgment, care, and due diligence. More recently as a member of the Board of Directors for a technology startup company, his participation and contributions to the proper governance of the company could be relied on for being sound and wise.
I have valued his counsel numerous times for his advice which stems from a rare understanding of corporate governance processes, especially those cases that involve critical ethical issues. . . .
Ian Bennett, CEO
“Cullen served as a Board member and Board Chair for an Australian-based company of which I was the CEO. The company went through a migration to the US market and Cullen was an invaluable strategic and tactical advisor throughout the process - providing common-sense guidance on various aspects of US market penetration.
He has a sound understanding of Board dynamics and processes and serves as a valuable CEO coach based on his experience working with a significant variety of companies in various industries. He displays an intuitive understanding of strategy in varying circumstances and has developed some methodologies that offered great value to the company as I observed during my tenure as CEO."
Alex Smith, CEO,
Regional Development Northern Rivers
Some Satisfied Clients say . . .
"I am a successful entrepreneur with 35 years of executive search experience. I have experienced the work of a wide variety of consultants over my years as a business leader and owner. With unqualified enthusiasm, I recommend Cullen Coates for the role of high-level Strategy Consultant.
The unique strength of Cullen's work is his ability to inspire great vision as well as the execution of vision among those of us who love to vision and sometimes forget to organize the details of the great plan."
Leni Miller President and Founder, EA Search LLC