How To Overcome An Addiction To Excessive Meetings
Almost every organization has too many meetings with too many people in them that run too long. Most organizations...
The Executive Onboarding Two-Step: From Consulting To Permanent Employee
“A company has asked me to work part-time for ten weeks, when the intention is to convert me into the full-time head...
What To Expect And Do When Leaving An Executive Position – Especially If You’ve Been Laid Off
As I wrote in an earlier version of this article, everything communicates in a job transition whether starting,...
The Critical Difference Between Pressure And Support
Pressure compresses. Support expands. It should be easy to understand. Yet leaders confuse the two. Why? Often someone...
What Mike Johnson Must Do Following His Sudden, Surprise Promotion To Speaker Of The House
Almost no one expected Mike Johnson to become Speaker of the House at this point – including Johnson himself. Indeed,...
What It Takes To Navigate The Middle Ground As A New Division President
The job of division president is practically the definition of middle management. The C-suite looks down on you and...
How GE Appliances Rejects False Trade-Offs As They Innovate To Win
Yes, Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb; but he didn’t do it on his own. He and his team built on others’...
What’s Different For An Executive Onboarding Into A Newly Created Role
While any executive onboarding into a new role is going through a crucible of leadership, if that role has been newly...
How The Right Phasing Can Accelerate Mergers & Acquisitions’ Success
Those leading through a merger, acquisition, or the like do so to create more value faster. They look for revenues to...
Relooking At The Importance Of Milestone Management
One of my early articles for this publication was on how Royal Caribbean's CEO Exemplifies How to Leverage Milestones....
Why Your Third Core Value And Core Focus Must Align
I posed this question in an earlier article, ‘What do these have in common? “Communication. Respect. Integrity....
How To Offboard Yourself To Onboard Your Successor Successfully
Letting go is hard - especially if it’s something you built or even created. But you cannot hope to onboard someone...
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