How To Achieve Better Results By Treating Strategy Like A Living Thing
This post originally appeared on Forbes. Most business people place great value on being strategic and making strategic choices, and yet the processes that companies use to plan strategy frequently fail to deliver on this... Continue reading
How Much Safety Net Is Actually Necessary to Support Successful Performance?
One of my clients has been frustrated by a difficult situation that you may have experienced too: a decent but not great employee doesn’t meet expectations consistently. When my client gives this employee feedback, they... Continue reading
How to Easily Tell When It’s Time to Take Action on a Problem
Over the past two weeks, multiple leaders have asked me how to know if they’re overreacting to someone’s behavior or, conversely, if they’re letting something problematic go on too long. If they act too soon,... Continue reading
How to Handle and Adapt to Conflicting Opinions Successfully
We all bring different skills, strengths, and beliefs to whatever we do. Often we can learn more and find greater opportunity in our disagreements, discovering new ways to solve problems, strengthen proposals, and handle tough... Continue reading
In Forbes: Six Important Leadership Lessons Come Out Of The Pandemic’s Assault
This post originally appeared on Forbes. The pandemic has been a great teacher of organizational lessons—and nowhere has that been clearer than in the medical field. Michael J. Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health, New York's... Continue reading
Beware the Surprising Ways Damage Can Happen When Power Is Misused
Last week I helped a senior leader prepare a status review and discussion for a board meeting. The subject of the deep conversation was the organization’s DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) efforts and results, particularly... Continue reading
How to Think About Helping a Stubborn Coworker Switch to Your Side
In many of my most difficult client assignments, my job is to facilitate and resolve situations in which people are dug in on opposite sides of an issue. Somehow, their history of disagreement — or... Continue reading
In Forbes: Four Keys To Laying Out And Traveling Your Path To Success
This post originally appeared on Forbes. There’s so much movement in the job market these days that many smart, talented people are deciding they can do better by finding new jobs. At the same time,... Continue reading