BIG IDEA: Organizations need to focus on revisiting and strengthening their cultures right now “All organizations have lost a step or two, in terms of what their culture means—there’s been a slight degradation,” Andrew Pateman, the vice president of people, culture, and performance at Canadian Blood Services, told me recently on our Lead the Future …
Note: A version of this was previously published on Forbes. I recently had a conversation with a new CEO. We were discussing the immediate challenges she faced in her organization. Her biggest concern was with her extended leadership team—the most senior leaders in the company. In her short time with the organization, she observed that …
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BIG IDEA: Acknowledging the challenges of the past is part of moving towards the future. “We went through a period where we needed to consciously change our thinking, from surviving to thriving,” Ron Harper, the president and CEO of JFE Power Canada Incorporated, told me recently on our Lead the Future podcast. Harper has been …
BIG IDEA: Building leadership accountability is a long game. “Fast is not good enough when it comes to developing leaders,” Barbara Bahry, Odlum Brown’s VP of Organizational Development, told me recently on our Lead the Future podcast. “You’ve got to be committed, consistent, and playing the long game so that it’s not seen as a …
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BIG IDEA: Build community by asking yourself who needs you right now. In the leadership arena, the dominant model is still surprisingly focused on individual achievement. Yet, the things that really matter in an organization happen when leaders come together in community, and in doing so, are able to accomplish something they could never have …
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Note: A version of this was previously published on Forbes. Collaboration and teamwork are essential to the success of today’s companies. While these have always been important, modern businesses have more integrated strategies that demand leaders to work across departments, functions, and business units to achieve successful outcomes. However, many leaders struggle to work collaboratively, …
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THE BIG IDEA: As a leader, you have five core leadership obligations – to yourself, your customers, your organization, your employees, and your community. Failure to grasp the importance of these obligations has far-reaching consequences and can negatively impact daily operations of your business. CASE IN POINT: In a groundbreaking legal ruling, the Delaware Court …
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THE BIG IDEA: Caring for your team and your community is crucial to business success. Tom Peters has spent 40 years talking about the connection between organizational culture and business success. His first book, In Search of Excellence, was a massive bestseller that stressed the importance of shared beliefs and values. But when he …
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Note: A version of this was previously published on Forbes. “Let’s talk.” Two simple words can—in the right circumstances—lead to some critical conversations, particularly regarding business leadership accountability. Throughout my career, I’ve met with senior leaders who acknowledge shortcomings in their leadership culture but never seem to get around to doing anything about it. That …
Note: A version of this was previously published on Forbes. Many CHROs and heads of leadership development invest huge sums of money to build better leaders. However, research continually shows a high degree of disappointment with the outcomes. Let’s face it, even with billions of dollars being spent on leadership development, there are still far …
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