Leadership and Management
A Conversation for Accountability
Are you having the right conversations to ensure people are set up to deliver what they are accountable for? As in all aspects of leadership,…
Relationship, Relationship, Relationship
Relationship is one of the most important factors in being a successful executive. In researching what executives say are their biggest challenges, I noticed that…
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…
Change Leadership: The Pitfall Of Bell Cows
One of the pitfalls of any large-scale change initiative is ignoring some of the most powerful people in an organization: the Bell Cows. For an enterprise-wide…
Leveraging Strengths to Accelerate Growth in a Medical Device Company
A leader in the medical device industry in the United States was committed to elevating its revenue, increasing the number of products launched, and creating…
5 Ways You Can Let Employees Know They Can Count On You
Leadership accountability isn’t just about winning over the team. It’s about listening, innovating, and pushing beyond the status quo. Here are my 5 ways you…
Impact Players: Women of Courage
Meet the female executives who are today’s game changers, visionaries and crisis warriors.
Strategy Execution As The Art Of Influencing Chaos
The approach often seems as difficult as herding a room full of cats. But it doesn’t have to be.
A Short History of the CEO Role
Since the chief executive role came into being more than 100 years ago, it has evolved to meet changing business needs. It may now be…
How Company Boards Can Embrace Stakeholder Capitalism
It starts with ensuring alignment with the CEO and proactively communicating with shareholders.
Why CEOs Must Defend Capitalism
Free enterprise has elevated human well-being, longevity, happiness and prosperity through the power of free markets. Business executives need to tell this story loudly and…
Boardroom Risk Management 10 Years After the Crisis
Few boards saw warning signs ahead of the Great Recession. Today directors’ engagement is higher—but the risk landscape is more complex.