Are you making more sales, improving your margins and cutting costs, year-on-year?

What are you doing or not doing that could change that?

Does That Even Work (http://DoesThatEvenWork.com) challenges the latest business fads and the conventional wisdom we all use in our companies. It is sponsored by Stratervation, a mid-market growth consulting firm based in Johannesburg South Africa. http://stratervation.com

We've had 25 years' experience in business improvement, working with businesses just like yours.

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We interviewed Erich Dent, Professor and Uncommon Friends Endowed Chair in Ethics at the Lutgert College of Business on Executive Coaching.

He has executive experience, and a PhD in Management

His takeaways? Coaching has a very high ROI; Use evidence-based coaching; try to find a professional coach; beware the "halo effect." Be very clear when working with team

John A Parnell wrote a paper that has been downloaded 10 times a day for the last five years. It concerns the clarity of strategy. He offers three ways you could be doing it wrong -- and one success story.

I'm an innovation consultant. I sell Innovation Days. But I'm not convinced that every business needs innovation.

People like me say: "Innovate or die." But my car mechanic hasn't innovated in 20 years and he's still around.

In this episode, Phil McKinney agrees with me -- and then tells me what I'm missing.

If you’re a manager or board level executive, this show is for you.

Is your strategy clear? You might think so. 

John A. Parnell has some surprising research about what is a clear strategy, and what isn’t.

We feature Professor Eric B Dent in an episode to talk about how leadership benefits from executive coaching.

Phil McKinney was the chief technical officer for computer maker HP. McKinney led the team that turned a nearly four billion profit within two years. What was his secret?