The Strategy For Better Leadership Development: Measure Twice, Cut Once
With billions of dollars being spent on leadership development, there are still far too many ineffective leaders. Here’s why.
Organizational Accountability
Is Your Company’s Leadership Culture an Asset or a Liability?
BIG IDEA: LEADERSHIP CULTURE IS REALLY WHAT EATS STRATEGY FOR BREAKFAST Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM, once said that a company’s culture is its number one asset. She expressed this idea back in 2011, even before she became CEO of Big Blue, when she was speaking at the Yale CEO Summit. She told the …
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Why Mediocrity Can Be The Enemy Of Great Leadership
Note: A version of this article was originally published on Forbes Business Council. I call it the “moment of leadership truth.” I’ll be talking with a CEO, taking stock of the leadership culture in their organization. We’ll be comparing notes on the leaders they oversee and discussing how to navigate the challenges ahead. And then it …
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Leadership Accountability Starts with the CEO
Note: A version of this article was originally published on Industry Week. Are your top people taking personal ownership, or waiting for permission to act? It’s all too common that the CEOs I work with experience a moment of dread—one where they realize that the leaders across their organizations aren’t ready to lead the company …
Leadership Accountability: What Board Members Should Be Asking Themselves and Their CEO
Note: This article originally appeared in Industry Week. Two-thirds of senior executives say they don’t have the leadership culture they need to drive their company’s success. A while back I was chatting with the director of a board of a global engineering company. She had served on the board when the company experienced a significant …
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Are you embodying the 5 principles to build great teams?
“Some of the best executives are successful because they never take on work that doesn’t play to their strengths or their passions.” THE BIG IDEA: Leaders must have self-awareness so they can have clarity around purpose and passion In a career that has spanned three decades, Jim Reid has been a trusted advisor and …
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15 Ways Leaders Can Lead in an Uncertain Environment
Note: A version of this article was originally published on Forbes Business Council. If I’ve learned anything over the last two years, it’s that the best leaders can adapt their leadership to respond to critical inflection points, events that change and disrupt the normal course of business. And further, that leaders who are unwilling to adapt …
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Shopify: a cautionary tale about leadership and inflection points.
The Big Idea Good leadership isn’t always about making the right decisions; sometimes, it’s admitting when you made the wrong ones. Shopify has long been one of the tech sector’s great success stories. Shopify helps businesses of all sizes establish an e-commerce presence, providing marketing, supply chain, shipping, and online POS systems. Founded in 2006, …
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How must you help your leaders embrace change during an M&A?
THE BIG IDEA: Faced with an M&A, leaders must let go of past accomplishments and embrace new challenges Following nearly three decades of work in corporate America, Jennifer Fondrevay is the self-described “M&A Whisperer,” one of the world’s leading experts on the impact of mergers and acquisitions on human capital. Currently, Fondrevay wears several …
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Leaders Need Direction, Too: Are You Articulating Clear Expectations?
Note: A version of this article was originally published in IndustryWeek. Many companies are facing critical inflection points. The last two years have been challenging. However, as they look to the future, they may now see the opportunity to drive accelerated growth, expand global operations, integrate cultures after a merger or acquisition, turn lagging performance around …
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