Team Accountability

The Most Important Hire A CEO Will Make: The CHRO

Note: A version of this was previously published on Forbes. I’ve worked with hundreds of organizations over the years, helping them scale strong leadership cultures with accountable leaders. One of the critical success factors in this challenging work is the relationship that exists between the CEO and the CHRO, or head of human resources. When the

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The Weekly Meeting CEOs Must Put In Their Calendar

Note: A version of this was previously published on Forbes. I worked with a group of senior executives recently. During the session, they discussed the pressures and demands they face in their roles. One leader exclaimed, “I don’t have a free minute in my day.” I challenged him by saying, “If you don’t have a free

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Leadership is Not an Individual Act

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

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Is Your Extended Leadership Team Giving You A Competitive Edge?

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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