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…
Energy Flows Where Attention Goes
Now that we have busted the belief that you need everyone on board in order to start a culture transformation process, we will add an additional layer to that belief — the belief or myth that you need to start such a process at the top, with the most senior leaders, the CEO or the […]
The Role of Love in Leadership and Business Growth
Our world faces today unprecedented changes fueled by the combined forces of new paradigms. As Salim Ismail states in his book “Exponential Organizations,” amazing technology advancements are now…
Moving Through Cross-Functional Mindset Differences on Work Teams—Starting the Conversation.
Most of the important work that is done in organizations these days is done by teams, but how can they develop the same mindset to be more effective?
“D3&T = Drop Everything & Train” – The New Leadership Mantra for the 4th Industrial Revolution
Companies are training vigorously to strengthen their innovation and transformation muscles in order to continually upgrade their operating systems, but most corporate L&D programs are undermined by the system itself. Companies must learn to train.
“Chop Wood & Carry Water” – Because There Are No Transformation Shortcuts
Transformational leaders have chosen to engage in an ongoing mutual process of learning to raise one another up and shifting to a culture (a new system), but there’re no shortcuts. They have simply adopted new lifestyle habits that strengthen their transformation leadership muscles.
The Future of Leadership: Disruption Dismantles the Oz Model of Leadership
If disruption weren’t enough, the very base upon which leadership is built—trust and authority—are being revolutionized in this VUCA world.
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 […]