


Replacing Ousted CEOs At Juul, eBay And WeWork: How To Mitigate Risk
WeWork, eBay and Juul all fired their CEOs this week. Others are going to talk about why. This article is written for those considering taking their jobs. Know that there’s always risk in taking a new leadership position. Indeed 40% of new leaders fail in their first...
How To Manage Executive Onboarding Risk When It Materializes
Things go wrong. 40% of new leaders fail in their first 18 months. Assessing potential risk is important. Managing executive onboarding risk when it materializes is urgent. Three ways to do that are akin to managing your response to slow-developing floods,...
How To Deal With The Patriots’ Antonio Brown Onboarding Problem – Step By Step
You’ve all faced the Patriots dilemma with Antonio Brown one way or another. How do you make sure an incoming superstar helps team performance instead of hurting it? There’s no doubt Patriot’s coach Bill Belichick is a master at doing this. There’s no doubt Brown...
The Case For Choosing The Likely Over The Possible
The #1 job of a CEO is vision and values – purpose. That’s the inspiring part of inspiring and enabling. But you don’t have to get there in one fell swoop. Choosing the grandest, boldest, riskiest big steps is more dramatic, but less certain than enabling your...