Category: Leadership Skills & Strategy
Why Good Enough Is Generally Good Enough
Focus has two sides – what you’re going to focus on and what you are not going to focus on. People generally do a better job of picking what to…
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Lessons On Following A Sacrificed Change Agent From McKinsey’s New CEO, Bob Sternfels
Most change agents don’t survive their own change. The job of those following them is to help the organization get over the trauma inflicted by the change agent and then…
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The Real Reason McKinsey Is Firing Its CEO
Most change agents don’t survive their own change. McKinsey’s Global Managing Partner, Kevin Sneader either forgot that or ignored it and is paying the price as the first head of…
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Leveraging Asynchronous Communication To Bring Out The Best In Others
It has to make sense to leverage different ways of communicating with different people in different situations. While virtual communication is more efficient, in-person communication is more effective for emotionally…
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How To Rebalance Communication In The Post-Pandemic New Normal
Most of you shifted from in-person to virtual communication during the pandemic. Once you’re released from the pandemic restrictions, you’ll shift back. But you won’t shift back far enough or…
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Why Restoring Your Culture After The Pandemic Is Doomed To Fail
One of the second-order effects of the pandemic has been damage to relationships – a pillar of any organization’s culture. Some will not be able to restore those relationships and…
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Drawing The Right Conclusions From The Brady-Mahomes Superbowl Matchup
Start by understanding it was not a Brady-Mahomes matchup. Those two were never on the field at the same time. The heart of yesterday’s game was a matchup of Tom…
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Relearning CEOs’ Real Job From Bob Swan’s Failure At Intel
How is this a surprise? How many times do we have to watch companies put the wrong person in the wrong job? Bob Swan was a rock-star CFO and the…
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Culture Is The Collective Character Of A Society. Manage It Or Perish.
Whether your society is a company, family, tribe or country, its culture is the combination of the characters of its members. While some members have more influence, all have some.…
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