What’s On Your Mind?…and What Do I Actually Do?

“I read your last blog. You addressed something that I’ve been thinking about! Thanks for your thoughts and advice.”

I’ve been writing and publishing this little missive for years. Tuesday after Tuesday after Tuesday. Lots of you have sent me emails similar to the one I’ve quoted. Thankfully I rarely hear from the trolls.

I’m very grateful for this nice feedback, but it would be even more fun going forward if you’d post your responses as comments on the blog so others can see your thoughts.

In addition to your thoughts on these postings, I’d really like to hear what else is on your mind. Coming up with something interesting, humorous, timely, relevant, subtle, and somehow useful for improving your leadership and management skills on a weekly basis is fun…but can be brutal. The fun increases on those rare and delightful occasions when someone sends me a short story about something that happened to them or that they’ve been wondering about.

Perhaps you have some ideas that would improve company results. Send them my way. Or send me questions about something that irritates you during your work day. Better yet, tell me about the idiosyncrasies of your management that make your workday more difficult. And whatever you send, if you can, add a real life story that happened to you or that you observed.

Inundate me with your thoughts, stories, and ideas. I love hearing from you. And can always use more inspiration.

Now, onto the answer to one of the questions readers often ask, “What do you actually do?” I figure this is from people who haven’t yet looked at the Benari website that houses this blog. But, what the heck, since you asked, here’s a bit of a shameless plug.

My company, Benari, advises people who run businesses, global to early stage. We work with quite a few CEOs, owners, partners, and others who use Benari as their trusted advisor on strategy, marketing, people situations, international matters, and other management issues. Trusted because we’ve run companies, consulted around the world, served on various boards, and offer totally open and honest advice.

In addition, Benari guides leadership teams through implementing EOS, an operating system for organizations that builds accountability, alignment, measurement, and integrated structure enabling the organization to become the best they can be and achieve all their goals more efficiently and effectively.

I’m also Region Manager Africa and Middle East for the Wharton Global Consulting Practicum, a program of the Wharton School MBA marketing department. This is a fancy way of saying I oversee MBA students working on global strategic marketing projects for corporate, NGO, and government clients.

And last but not least, I’m Strategic Advisor to Geneva Global, the world’s foremost consultancy on global philanthropy.

When you add it all up, “what I do” is provide global perspective, strategic thinking, international experience, creative problem solving, and brutal honesty that leads to solving problems, developing creative solutions, and improving results.

Don’t be shy. Tell me your business stories and ideas, offer your comments, and reach out to me if you’d like to hear more about what I do. I’m looking forward to hearing from you.