Greg Trueblood

How boards of founder-led and family-run companies can adapt to ownership changes with agility.

Imagine yourself as a new executive leading an organization that struggled to see growth similar to those of bigger, more effective organizations in your industry. If you’re like many other…

We spend so much effort making ourselves better people—better contributors, bosses, and leaders. We educate ourselves on insights from psychology and organizational behavior, read HBR articles for case studies we can…

A good coach doesn’t spend a time-out reminding players of everything they need to perform well. Instead, good coaches focus on the one or two points that their players need…

What is the primary condition thwarting people from being powerful leaders? For anyone with a commitment to be a leader, the question of ‘What is leadership?’ is easily answered. The…

A project team I once coached was commissioned to deliver a quick win for its organization. Executive sponsors and the team came together to celebrate its completion, and part of…

In this fourth part our 12-part series on the qualities of high-performing teams, we examine how managing organizational integrity propels effectiveness. The Workaround The amount of processes, practices, systems, and…

In this 7th installment of our 12-part series on the characteristics of breakthrough performance, we examine the importance of completing the past. Why would high-performing teams spend time dwelling on…

In team meetings across the world, the first few weeks of the year consisted of updates on 2020 goals and to design plans to fulfill them. Team leaders made impassioned…

Want higher employee engagement? Stop talking about employee engagement. The argument about the importance of employee engagement is over. While there is certainly a continuum of opinions on how important…

In this kickoff to our 12-part series on the qualities of high-performing teams, we examine how a team’s search for ‘agreement’ derails breakthrough performance. Wasted time Teams waste a lot…

In Part 2 of our 12-part series on the qualities of high-performing teams, we examine how getting clear on ‘what’s predictable’ opens up possibilities for ‘what’s possible.’ Making Forecasts from…