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Hitting The Restart Button After Executive Onboarding Missteps

40% of new leaders are fired, forced out or quit within their first 18 months because of either poor fit, poor delivery, or poor adjustment to changes down the road. If you’ve made missteps in any of those areas and you choose to hit the restart button, figure out...

Why Those Working Remotely Are Heading For The Tragedy Of The Commons

Culture, Leadership Skills

There is no doubt that remote or virtual work is more efficient for white collar workers. And it may be more effective in some cases. But the tragedy of the commons may be coming into play with organizations that encourage individual remote or virtual work giving up...

How To Keep Your Organization From Becoming A Soap Opera

Culture, Leadership Skills, Strategy

Let’s start by acknowledging that soap operas are wonderful – for some people, some of the time. The adventures and mis-adventures of family and friends in domestic situations provide valued entertainment and insights. The trouble arises when things that are not soap...

Why You Should Take A Differentially Good Approach To Business Development

Culture, Leadership Skills, Strategy

Drucker told us that “the purpose of business is to create a customer.” All customers are equal, but some customers are more equal than others. This is why you should invest at different levels with different prospects and customers. In brief, invest more in good...

CEO Leaving? Manage These Communication Essentials

Business Management, Executive Onboarding, Leadership Skills, Merger & Acquisitions, Mergers & Acquisitions, New Leader's Playbook, Onboarding, Shifting Sands, Strategy

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 Jope is leaving Unilever “after a bungled attempt to buy GSK’s consumer...

Honor Technology’s Seth Sternberg On The Need To Integrate For Success In M&A

Business Management, Executive Onboarding, Leadership Skills, Merger & Acquisitions, Mergers & Acquisitions, New Leader's Playbook, Onboarding, Shifting Sands, Strategy

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 learning, systems and impact. It was a critical realization as...