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Management results, according to a new Gallup report, are largely driven by an often-unlikely factor: bad managers. New data from Gallup suggest that front-line managers are…

Social media expectations are creating new challenges for CEOs. As organizations began developing a brand presence through social media, many CEOs personally took a cautious “let…

They were the Super Bowl underdogs. No one expected them to win that year. At the start of the big game, the team refused to do…

Cultural transformation is possible, and companies have been doing it for longer than you might think. While many know theoretically that “culture eats strategy for breakfast” (often…

This article originally appeared in the Summer 2016 Gaming & Leisure Magazine. On the surface, embedding innovation within an organization appears to be a relatively straightforward…

Prior to (and during) strategy execution, creating alignment is crucial to the realization of your strategy. Given how often alignment breaks down, what it really…

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…

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…

In this sixth installment of our 12-part series on the characteristics of breakthrough performance, we examine the importance of having people experience autonomy and collaboration…

The problem with culture change Why has culture change been so hard to master thus far? Everybody has heard the phrase, “culture beats strategy.” It…

What is culture? Of all corporate initiatives, culture change is commonly cited as one of the hardest to visualize, quantify, and track. Is culture change synonymous…

“We knew a project ended when it stopped showing up on our agenda.” Launches, kick-offs, kick-starts, startups, jump-starts, ramp-ups, rollouts…I could go on. What we…