Dear CEO, We Have a Problem…
When the chief human resources officer (CHRO) or any C-suite executive finally refuses to be a complicit bystander and commits to leading the business (like a real business leader)…here are 5 ways to start the conversation…
Seven Conscious Project Management Capabilities for Today’s “New Normal”
Times have changed. The last 20 years have brought as much change as the previous 50 years combined. This increasingly rapid change has created new challenges for today’s modern enterprise. Do you feel it? This new context or “new normal” is characterized by something experts have come to call, “Living in a VUCA world.” LIVING […]
Change is Easier when we Stay Above the Drama, Drag and Swirl
Speed matters in business. Many executives today are leading high-growth companies and startups. Velocity-driven organizations and type A executives work hard at delivering new standards of…
How to Increase Business Results Through People
As leaders, we have the power to transform the culture of our organizations. The culture, or the general consensus of “how we do things around here,” affects our business in every sense…
Three Key Ingredients to Transform Your Culture
There are many ways to change a culture in an organization, but the actual transformation comes from its people doing something different, adopting new behaviors, changing the way they have conversations and how they interact with each other. In order to change something, we need to understand how it’s created, shaped and influenced. There are […]
Shifting from Unilateral Control to Mutual Learning
by Fred Kofman The unilateral control model The world of American business operates under a set of mental models. Chris Argyris and Don Schön call it “Model I”; Diana Smith and Robert Putnam refer to it as the “unilateral control model.” This model has been the guiding philosophy that has shaped the code of acceptable […]