Category: Transition & Change Management
British Prime Minister Liz Truss’ Executive Onboarding Failure
Almost half of new leaders fail in their first 18 months, according to multiple landmark studies compiled by McKinsey & Company. They fail because of poor fit, poor delivery or poor adjustment…
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How To Leverage Return To Work Choices To Deliberately Evolve Your Culture
Many are still wrestling with return-to-work choices. Who should return? When? How often? For how long each week or each day? Some view those choices as discrete and tactical. They’re…
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How To Optimize Everyone’s Time By Skipping Parts Of Meetings
People appreciate those who are all in all the time. Their actions speak volumes about their passion and commitment. The trouble is that it’s exhausting and inefficient. You can’t be…
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Why Effective Time Management Requires A Team Effort And More, Not Fewer Meetings
If two people take 10 minutes to resolve an issue, that’s 20 people minutes. If they do it in a meeting with eight others present, it jumps to 100 people…
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CEO Leaving? Manage These Communication Essentials
CEOs leave for all sorts of reasons. Laxman Narasimhan is leaving Reckitt to become CEO of Starbucks. John Mackey is leaving Whole Foods to start a plant-based foods venture. Alan…
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Relooking At The Power Of First Impressions As An Executive Onboarding Into A New Role
One of my earliest articles for this publication was on Powerful First Impressions: Michael Brune's Day One at The Sierra Club. The main point was about the advantages of taking control…
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Relooking At The Value Of Preparing In Advance
One of my first articles for this publication was on Why Preparing in Advance is Priceless: How MasterCard CEO Ajay Banga Planned Ahead for His New Leadership Role. The main point…
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Honor Technology’s Seth Sternberg On The Need To Integrate For Success In M&A
When Seth Sternberg’s Honor Technology bought Home Instead, their initial thinking was to keep the two businesses separate. They quickly realized they needed to integrate the two entities to optimize…
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Encourage Post-Pandemic Employee Re-Engagement By Lowering The Risk Waterline
Every single organization that has survived the pandemic so far went into some sort of crisis management mode. As the penalties for getting things wrong increased, senior leadership tightened the…
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