


More On Mitigating The Risks Of Onboarding Into A Smaller Organization
If changing organizations for most people is like driving from Ethiopia to Kenya, for an executive onboarding from a large corporate to a smaller organization it’s like the difference between driving a cruise ship and a canoe. In both cases, their instincts are wrong....
40 Tips to Mitigate the 40% Executive Onboarding Failure Rate
Most of executive onboarding is just common sense. Still, different people latch on to different nuggets that help their own chances of success in a world in which 40% of new leaders fail in their first 18-months. These 40 tips all nest under the importance...
The Only Way To Avoid Compound Errors In Business And Life
We all do it. We make a mistake and then, in trying to fix it, make it worse. And we all know the way to stop the cycle: own up to the mistake, accept the new reality, and build from there. It’s almost a cliché. “Don’t consider sunk costs.” “Don’t throw good money...
How To Mitigate The Mission-Crippling Risk Of An Executive Chair, Operating Partner, Or Over-reaching Boss
In theory, clarity around decision-rights solves a multitude of working relationship problems. In practice, over-reaching bosses, by definition, are prone to over-reach. Thus, the only way to mitigate the mission-crippling risk of an executive chair, operating partner...