Blogs
Benevolence in Business….What For?
A conference organized by the economic journal Les Echos in Paris explored how benevolence can serve business performance. Is the selflessness implied by the idea…
The Leadership Intensive: Part II – Creating A New Paradigm
In my previous blog, we dismantled the established paradigms of leadership—title or position, characteristics and qualities, or the fact that leaders have followers—and illustrated how self-limiting…
The Leadership Intensive: Part I – Dismantling Paradigms
In 1962, American physicist and scientific philosopher Thomas Kuhn released his seminal work, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. He coined a phrase—a big idea, really—that was…
“Groundhog… year?” No, thank you!
Whether you are a CEO or a Director, these simple steps will go a long way to re-energize you & your team and set you…
Supervision: Part II—People vs. Process
In the first part of this series, we established that good supervisors can see through walls and silos between departments in large companies, thinking through the…
Companies Are Waking Up – It’s the People That Matter
I had the opportunity to virtually attend Fortune’s Global Forum and while several themes emerged, not surprisingly COVID-19 and the impact on business was at…
Work From Home: Do We Trust One Another?
Other than news about the virus itself, perhaps no other subject has taken up more headline space over the past six months than the debate…
Views From The C-Suite—That Are Not Always Seen
There is a side to being a senior executive that is rarely seen. I call it “the dark side of a closed door”. People often…
The Future Has Never Been Certain
As we all are focused on navigating the unchartered waters of the COVID-19 era, you have likely found yourself discombobulated, anxious, resigned, and resilient –…
Boeing’s Culture Problem
The hits keep on coming for Boeing. Capping off a year of issues, stumbles and bad news, it has now been announced that the company’s…
But I Told Them…
While interviewing a number of employees in a critical department at a client’s office, a pattern started to emerge in their conversations: Change. The company…
Generic To Branded Pharma: Part II — Discovery And Dialogue
In Part I of this case study, we identified a particular breakthrough performance project wherein Insigniam was engaged to transform a pharmaceutical company into a bigger player in the…