Culture

One of the most common mistakes in leadership development is trying to fix the behavior we see. A leader always needs to have the answer, so we tell them to listen more. They take on too much, so we tell...

From the time we are young, most of us are taught to work independently. Think about school. You take your own test. You write your own paper. You get your own grade. And whatever you do, don't look at the...

There's no shortage of leadership advice out there. Listen more. Delegate better. Ask sharper questions. Give clearer feedback. Be more transparent. Stop trying to solve everything yourself. Most of it is genuinely good advice. The problem is that knowing what...

Have you ever watched a brilliant leader shoot down a good idea, not because the idea was bad, but because challenging it was the only way they knew how to add value? I worked with Jeff, the CFO of a...

Have you ever promoted your best performer into a leadership role and then watched the very thing that made them great start driving good people out the door? I worked with an architecture firm going through a leadership transition. The...

Change fails far more often due to a leadership gap than to a strategy gap. Most organizations already have solid processes, timelines, and communication plans in place. What's missing is leaders equipped with the leadership capabilities to actually carry people...

An emerging leaders program is a structured development path that prepares high-potential employees for leadership before a gap opens. Most people don't fail as leaders because they lack talent.They fail because the jump from individual performer to leader happens overnight,...

Have you ever walked out of a meeting thinking everyone was on the same page about a project and how to drive it to success, only to find weeks later that progress was slow, painful, and everyone was pointing fingers...