Better Results Faster
"We keep doing the same thing over and over again with different labels. We shuffle the people. We launch new initiatives. Nothing sticks. It's frustrating." – Team Leader. Every change initiative has a moment of determination – the moment at which leadership and its followers abandon the change and move on or determine to see [...]
Onboarding is disruptive – by design. Sure, we talk a lot about the need for new leaders to assimilate into the organization, to adapt, to build relationships and the like. All those are true. They are important as ways to smooth the underlying disruption inherent in the situation not avoid the disruption. The only reason [...]
The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan [i] lays out a methodology for leaders and their teams to get done in 100-days what normally takes six to twelve months. In a crisis, this time frame is woefully inadequate as leaders and their teams need a way to get done in 100-hours what normally takes weeks or [...]
We are working with a major humanitarian aid organization on a pro-bono basis to think through how to put in place a program to jump-start their Disaster Operations Teams. (Every single one of you knows this group.) This requests your help in taking that thinking to the next level. Please send any and all comments [...]