Jun 17, 2017 | Leadership Development
It might be the state of the economy or just the turbulent times we live in, but it seems that the dramatic pace of change is constantly eroding the impact of many traditional management practices. What traditional organizational solutions am I talking about? I mean...
Jun 16, 2017 | Leadership Development
HBR May-June 2017 by Elena Lytkina Botelho, Kim Rosendoetter, Stephen Kincaid and Dina Wang This article identifies four key behaviours that successful CEOs, and executives who aspire to be CEOs, excel at. The conclusions are based on a 10-year study that assessed...
Jun 16, 2017 | Leadership Development
Congratulations on your new appointment. This is a great opportunity and the actions you take during your first few months will have a major impact on your ultimate success in the new role. Transitions are pivotal times, in part because they are when everyone expects...
Jun 15, 2017 | Leadership Development
Every organization wants to maximize the potential of their leaders in order to achieve superior results and the need for leadership development has never been greater than it is today. This paper outlines some principles for ensuring meaningful and impactful...
Jun 14, 2017 | Leadership Team & Board Performance
Leadership teams are critical to managing the complexity of today’s work and most leaders spend a great deal of time attending team meetings. There is a significant opportunity to enhance the effectiveness of these meetings. In my work over many years enhancing the...
Jun 13, 2017 | Leadership Team & Board Performance
Effective and highly performing Boards are critical to ensuring effective organizational governance in today’s complex world and there is a significant opportunity to enhance their effectiveness. I believe that effective and high performing Boards must have three core...
Jun 12, 2017 | Leadership Team & Board Performance
We are told that strategic planning is one of a Board’s key roles. There is, however, a great deal of confusion as to what this role should entail. There is often a great deal of confusion among boards as to what they should, or shouldn’t do when it comes to...