Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Forbes’s expert panel, “How To Maintain Company Culture Amid A Generational Shift.”
Plan for your company culture to die and be reborn every few years. Instead of preserving outdated traditions, empower younger employees to remove values and practices that no longer serve the company and its customers.
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Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Forbes’s expert panel, “19 Business Experts Share Failed Risks And Lessons Learned.” Adapt Meetings To Fit Business Needs We cut all internal meetings for a quarter, thinking it would boost efficiency. Instead, performance declined due to a combination of poor collaboration and lower morale from disconnected employees. We learned it’s not…
Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Forbes’s expert panel, “20 Steps To Level Up Your Team’s AI Abilities.” Invite Your Team To Purposefully Break AI Have your teams write bad prompts to generate poor AI outputs. This deepens AI literacy by exposing its failures and assumptions. Deliberately vague or contradictory prompts reveal the strengths and weaknesses of…
Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Fast Company’s expert panel, “Here’s what executive coaching taught 15 business leaders.” HOW TO EMPOWER OTHERS. I’ve had an executive coach since 2008. It was an investment in the housing bubble that I wanted to make in myself. Executive coaching has helped me lead less and empower more. Leadership advice often…
Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Fast Company’s expert panel, “17 best practices that help brands grow alongside their customers.” STUDY THE CUSTOMERS WHO LEAVE. Listen carefully to the people who walk away. We studied our defectors, asking, “What made you downgrade? What did we miss?” The feedback wasn’t always easy to hear, but it was gold….
Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Fast Company’s expert panel, “20 ways businesses adapt to industry changes without losing momentum.” BE FLEXIBLE AND WILLING TO COMPROMISE. Earnout structures in middle-market acquisitions can spark tension when founder emotions skew valuation. In one deal, the seller nearly backed out hours before closing. Pivoting to a cooperative governance model where…
Shayne Fitz-Coy contributed to Fast Company’s expert panel, “18 proven advertising strategies to maximize brand exposure.” FOCUS ON TRUST OVER REACH TO BUILD LASTING CONNECTIONS Spend less time chasing reach and more time earning trust. Instead of aiming for maximum exposure, we’re asking: “What if we only had one chance to say something meaningful?” Think…
