Seth Kahan on Leadership // Monday Morning Mojo
My Synergy Zone:
Where Customer Value & Financial Growth Create a Virtuous Cycle

Positioning your organization as the gold standard means generating the revenue you need to provide maximum customer value. My synergy zone shows how to make this possible. 

Successful leaders are expert at locating their products and services in this zone. The graphics below show where customer value and financial growth overlap, distance or reinforce each other, and achieve synergy.

The chart is easily broken down into nine gradients that are a useful assessment tool to determine which of your products and services are taking you closer to the synergy between customer value & financial growth that leads to market success, and which are neutral or taking you away.
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Seth Kahan's Synergy Zone

Seth Kahan's Synergy Zone Gradients

When you use these gradients as an assessment, it quickly becomes clear which activities are in the organization’s best interest and which are not.

Vibrant, high performing organizations generate the resources they need to carry out day-to-day operations, survive bumps, invest opportunistically, and provide what staff members need to be at their best.  Hence, they systematically grow.

When an innovation succeeds, wherever it falls in the gradients, successful leaders drive it into the my Synergy Zone (gradients 3-7).

The ultimate target is the bullseye (circled in orange). Successful innovators corral activity into this magic space where financial growth and customer value reinforce each other generating sustained growth.

My Upcoming Events


For CEOs:
Innovation that Drives Value Generation and Financial Growth
, Oct 25 & Nov 15, 12:00-1:30, downtown Washington, DC, location to be announced.
This 2-part symposium is limited to CEOs only. There is no charge for participation. This is part of my larger effort to provide insight on driving innovation that delivers on both member value and finance. Expect to see a series of Fast Co pieces as well as some white papers in the weeks ahead on this same topic. If you are interested in attending or the white paper series, send me an email.

For Independent Consultants:
JumpStarting Business - Getting Things Going Fast
, Oct 28, 12:00-1:30, Chef Tony's, 4926 St Elmo's Ave, Bethesda, MD
This the 7th in my ongoing series to teach the techniques behind my successful consulting practice. $15 charge covers a meal by Chef Tony. Topics at this event include Getting Engagements Fast and Exactly What to Do when Things are Slow, Click here if you are interested in attending.


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Laura Ruchi & SethOur Indian adoption is a success! Laura and I traveled safely in and out of New Delhi last week and brought our new 6-yr-old daughter, Ruchi, home where she instantly began worshipping her big brother, Gabe.


Everyone is jet lagged and happy. For all details including pictures of the orphanage our first meeting, visit http://www.photoblog.com/indiatrip

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