Organizational Culture
Get Your VUCA On
The game of Business Buzzword Bingo never goes out of style. Just think of the new classics we’ve welcomed into the lexicon over the past…
Hiring: It’s Better To Call Off The Wedding
Every executive and manager has hiring stories: those people we’re proud of who have gone on to excel and those hires that haunt us with…
Insights From Employee Interviews, Part 2: What We Hear Too Often
An organization’s most complex challenges can be learned from employees – and what they’re not saying. In the second of a three-part blog series, management…
Creating A Global Leadership Culture That Works Beyond Cultural Differences
Elevating the leadership of all the managers in a global company that operates in 120+ countries, across different continents and cultures, is a tricky endeavor…
Work Life Balance: A Misleading Concept And How Managers Can Help
Work-life balance…I love this delicious antinomy: as though either you work or you live. Now choose! Yet many individuals report what one commonly calls “work-life…
Authenticity And Corporate Responsibility For Doing Good
It is in the not-so-distant future that your consumers, clients, partners, and your suppliers, banks, financiers, and insurances—you name it—will demand more and more proof…
“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…
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…
The Elusive “Corporate Culture Conundrum”
More and more, executives are focusing their energy (as well as their resources) on corporate culture. While the reasons for their interest are clear –…
Eight Ways to Succeed With an Intergenerational Workforce
There are now five generations working together in the corporate world. That’s a huge deal, and, unless you’re between ages 26-40, there’s more of them…
How To Listen Newly in 2021
The world got turned upside down in 2020. The way we work, the way our children are schooled, the way we play. The things we…
Cross-Cultural Teams: Are We Really Leveraging Diversity?
Inherited paradigms for managing a business or a team Large organizations have been working with cross-national teams for many years, constituted with a diverse set…