Category: Team & Culture
When To Inform In Advance Versus Report After The Fact
The critical difference between “inform” and “report” is timing. Informing happens before and reporting happens after.
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How To Enhance Your Influence And Impact
Enhance your influence and impact by focusing on the mission-critical parts of your role and adapting to the culture of the organization to do “Their job, their way.” In most jobs, people find meaning…
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Moving Beyond Functional Leader To Valued Executive Leadership Team Member
Just because you’ve got a CXO title and are in the room where it happens at executive leadership team meetings does not necessarily mean you’re adding the right value. Those…
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How JPMorgan And Your Organization Need To Improve Shared Decisions
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="366"] Marianne Lake © 2014 BLOOMBERG FINANCE LP[/caption] The impact of poorly shared decisions is often so painful that many avoid them at all costs, ensuring someone…
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How AB InBev’s CEO Transition Highlights The Need For Different Types Of CEOs In Different Situations
Carlos Brito built AB InBev into the world's biggest brewer over the past 15 years. Now, at age 61, he’s handing the reigns over to Michel Doukeris. In the words…
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Former Coca-Cola CEO, Neville Isdell On Courage, Conviction, And Respect
In last week’s article on Decision Enabling versus Decision Making, I referenced one of my personal heroes from my time at Coca-Cola, Neville Isdell. He read that article and reached out…
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Why And How You Should Switch To Decision-Enabling From Decision-Making
If decisions have to go through you, you’re the choke point at the bottom of the funnel, controlling the flow. Conversely, if you provide clear direction, resources, bounded authority, and…
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Mastering The Seven Stages of Executive Onboarding
40% of new leaders get fired, forced out, or quit within their first 18 months because they fail to fit, deliver, or adjust to changes down the road. The main…
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How Tactical Capacity Bridges the Gap Between Strategy and Execution
Highly effective teams and organizations bridge the gap between strategy and execution by empowering each member and communicating effectively so they can adjust to changing conditions almost seamlessly. Organization and…
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