by OTMS Staff | Oct 15, 2025 | Strategy
There’s an old saying that the early bird gets the worm. When it comes to strategic planning for your organization, the early bird gets something even better: clarity, focus and a competitive advantage. Most organizations schedule their strategic planning...
by OTMS Staff | Oct 6, 2025 | Marketing, Strategy, Training
Zombies. Vampires. Ghouls. Budgets. All are terrifying to think about…and budgets might just be the scariest monster of all. When discussing his upcoming budget process, one credit union CEO said he was already resorting to prayer to defeat the beast. Yikes! Luckily,...
by OTMS Staff | Sep 29, 2025 | Branding, Marketing, Strategy, Training
No organization is a one-trick pony. Sure, everyone has their specialties. But the best organizations still do all core functions competently or even exceptionally. What are those core functions? There are four vital disciplines, or Success Markers, you need to create...
by OTMS Staff | Sep 15, 2025 | Leadership, Marketing, Strategy
Clarity and alignment are defining traits of the best organizations out there…but how you acquire those traits is often a mystery. Well, you might only be six questions away from aligning your organization around a purpose and common values. Patrick Lencioni and his...
by OTMS Staff | Aug 27, 2025 | Strategy
Strategy is a tricky beast that means different things to different people. For some people, it’s goals over a one-to-three-year term. For others, strategy is nothing less than ten years out. Both can be right. The most successful organizations operate at two...
Recent Comments