The latest entries from the SVI bloghttp://www.sviworld.com/rss/rss.ashx60http://www.sviworld.com/blog/The unprecedented challenges that businesses have faced across every industry over the last couple of years has had business analysts, CEOs and corporate management scrambling to find new and improved ways to cut costs, create that ever elusive competitive edge, meet the demands of their shareholders and, at the very least, hold on to their customers while hopefully attracting new ones.Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:14:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/This is a question that I have to field at least once a week. I guess that goes with the territory if you work at an organizational development company. If you already know what OD is then no doubt you understand how hard it is to actually explain it.Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:48:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/It seems like once you finish one big, exciting project, another one is waiting in the wings. With the launch of the Organizational Champions book came the launch of an entire brand and product line.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:15:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/I recently had the opportunity to write a featured opinion piece for SandHill.com. SandHill.com is an online resource developed exclusively for enterprise software executives.Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:45:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/Here’s an understatement – these are competitive times. Here’s another one – it’s important to recognize and establish your competitive advantage in these times.Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:40:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/SVI was just informed by McGraw-Hill that it has signed a licensing agreement to print Mike Thompson's new book, The Organizational Champion, in India.Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:15:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/I recently had the opportunity to be the featured speaker at PepsiCo’s Ethnic Advisory Board meeting in Purchase, New York. My talk supported PepsiCo’s new charge of "Performance with Purpose".Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:38:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/Over the past year, SVI’s research team and technology team have worked together to create an assessment and report behind The Organizational Champions brand that is unique to all other assessments out there. This was quite a challenge since there are so many that measure anything from one’s personality traits to strengths & weaknesses to performance.Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:15:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/On April 7th, SVI delivered its ADVANCE experience to the up and coming leadership at MARS Advertising. The ADVANCE experience is designed to re-connect participants with what drives them, what keeps them awake at night, what gets them out of bed in the morning, and how that intersects with their role at work.Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:52:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/Today, SVI launched a valuable partnership with i-Global Network, a training & education company focused on helping organizations maneuver through our world of differences. i-Global Network has a valuable niche serving several governmental clients around the world.Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:05:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/Champ'Em is an exciting new website that allows you to recognize those people whom you feel are champions for you, your community, your business or for society in general. The site was developed to enable open conversations around these champions and their accomplishments.Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:05:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/Walton Institute is Wal-Mart’s flagship leadership training program for Wal-Mart managers around the world. It was founded in 1985 by Sam Walton to help grow the capability of Wal-Mart Associates to lead Wal-Mart through the complex global economy.Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:36:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/One’s pursuit of power undermines the ability to love. But conversely, the willingness to love manifests power. For the champion, power is achieved through love. For the old-style leader, power is often sought politically in spite of love.Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:19:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/Every year in mid-December, the entire SVI office shuts down and heads to Mount Magazine in the Arkansas Ozarks for our annual meeting. I always look forward to these times because we get to celebrate a great year, plan for an even greater year, and connect with each other. Murray, our marketing and communications director always creates a crazy video that recaps the year, Autumn, our research director, conducts her interpretive dance, Jason, our technology director, cooks some mean steaks on the grill—and everyone has a blast.Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:49:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/Yesterday was a fulfilling day for me many of the SVI team members. A day that presents an opportunity to teach AND grow; to do what we do best AND learn new things, is a day our team embraces. That was yesterday. The SVI team facilitated a half-day training program on Vision & Purpose for Tyson International Leaders from 16 different countries.Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:26:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/One of the key differentiators of SVI is our technological savvy. Very few organizational development companies have such extraordinary programmers, developers and designers. The SVI technology team has truly established a competitive advantage by creating low cost development tools, customized client development systems, and integrated technology processes.Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:46:00 GMThttp://www.sviworld.com/blog/This week, SVI kicked off the personal brand building process for P&G sales leaders. We found it to be a most amazing experience for both of our organizations.Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:38:00 GMT