Barbara Osterman

<p>ChumpCar racing is a grassroots, accessible-to-all twist on professional stock car racing. ChumpCar International, the sport’s major organizer, describes the activity best: &#8220;Real Racing, Real Tracks, Real Cheap Cars.&#8221; Surprisingly, however, despite its rugged and rusted appearance, ChumpCar racing can serve as an inspiring example for eager leaders looking get their companies’ engines revving.</p>

All business executives are interested in company growth. In turn, many organizations are making fundamental changes in order to stay viable and expand in these uncertain times. An organization cannot grow, however, unless its people grow. New strategies and business initiatives require new mindsets from business leaders — and a thoughtful focus on the culture...

<p>In business, as in life, short-term thinking never works for very long. Many leaders are content to look only at what is immediately in front of them. While it may be tempting to behave this way in an increasingly complex and interdependent world, such narrow, near-sighted leadership hardly serves the organizations and systems we are [&hellip;]</p>