Risk & Reward: Does Your CEO Take the Bet?

May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Senior leaders must make the choice about where to play. Then follow through and drop the other shoe of where not to play. Make the decision. Take the bet. And then make sure everyone else understands the logic of the choice and follows through to make it happen. Play the card. Burn the bridges. Move forward.

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IBM, Ritz-Carlton and Yum! Brands Empower Front Line Employees… Do You?

April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment

The strongest leaders get that it’s not about them. It’s about the others. Whether you call them “first followers” or “front line,” leadership is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best together to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose.

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Leading with a Clear Vision

April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Align everyone around a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose.
Execute against that purpose on a societal, business and individual level with the discipline to keep the efforts separate.
Leverage the synergies. There are always synergies between efforts with the same purpose.

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Managing the Evolution of your Start-Up’s Corporate Culture

March 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment

In many ways, culture is a shared set of “BRAVE” preferences. People joining a start up need to buy in to the founders’ preferences. Of course, culture evolves – but it rarely shifts quickly. And above all else, the right fit is what matters most.

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Does Your Organization Need an Attitude Change?

March 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment

An attitude adjustment is often the pivot point for changing an organization’s behaviors and relationships in order to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing industry.

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