How Leaders Shape Culture without the Fluff
One of the surest ways to burn money is to invest in a culture initiative. Culture often gets treated as something that can be improved…
10 uncomfortable truths every leader should read
When you’ve been around long enough, you see patterns in behavior, individual and organizational. And you hear people say things, and repeat them again and…
Aligning Employees on Strategy – The Art of Strategic Dialogues
Why do strategies fail? Apart from making wrong choices, one topic stands out: failure to engage teams and help them understand a new strategy. Strategy…
Avoiding the Tyranny of the Urgent – The Power of Strategy Governance
“Here we go again.” This was my initial thought when a client was reluctant to establish structures for strategy implementation. I had seen similar hesitation before…
Great Teams Create Great Strategy. But Most Teams aren’t Teams.
Think about strategy conversations as a seed. And think about your team environment as soil. If the seed falls on toxic or infertile soil, and…
Blaming Employees – The Corporate Gaslighting Epidemic
The blind pursuit of productivity has led to an epidemic of corporate gaslighting. At the heart of this lies a fundamental flaw: when leaders fail…
Dog Eat Dog and Tree Huggers: Why the Wrong Environments Can’t Create Good Strategy
The environment in which we design strategy matters more than leaders often realize. The leadership culture, and the wider business culture, dictate the nature of…
The Essence of Executive Leadership: Nailing Business Strategy and Culture
What’s the job of an executive leader? So many thoughts come to mind. But in a nutshell it comes down two two things: they’ve got…
Operational Scalability: How To Set Up Systems, Procedures, And People To Prepare A Business To Scale
This is an excerpt from an interview with Alex Brueckmann that was first published by Authority Magazine – read the full interview here. In order…
Busting Business Myths: Four Misconceptions That You Should Let Go
Business myths are often perpetuated and become widely accepted as truth, despite being far from accurate. Let’s debunk four common myths: that work-life balance as…
Empowerment: 5 Common Misconceptions We Should Leave Behind
Everyone talks about it, everyone wants it, but not everyone understands it. Empowerment has become a buzzword in the world of organizational management. Empowerment is…
Unlocking the Power of Performance-Based Pay: 5 Factors to Improve Effectiveness and Avoid Negative Consequences
Performance-based pay is a common practice in many organizations, large and small, aimed at incentivizing employees to perform at their best. However, it can have…
Why the Most Accomplished Leaders Work with Executive Coaches
Even the world’s top athletes know that they can’t do it alone. They work with coaches who aren’t necessarily better at their sport, but are…
How corporate jargon kills performance
How corporate jargon kills performance - One of the most interesting characteristics I try to uncover at the start of a collaboration with a client