A Leader's Guide to Navigating Political Uncertainty

From South Africa to the United States: A Leader’s Guide to Navigating Political Uncertainty

I’d never witnessed this before. A national election was threatening to tear a country apart. A high risk of violence by supporters of the losing party. Uncertainty about how the work of our organization would be impacted by the new government. I was unsure who I could trust in the workplace to speak about my […]

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How to Have a Team of ‘A Players’.

How to Have a Team of ‘A Players’

“When I reviewed my staff, I noticed that I scored 50% of them at 4 or 5 on a Trustworthiness scale, with 5 being the highest score. 40% of the staff were at a 2 or 3, and I worry about their work quality all the time.” This is what I heard from an executive

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The Wisdom of the Crowd!

  Unleashing Collective Wisdom: Using “Wise Crowds” to Supercharge your Leadership In today’s fast-paced environment, leaders are continually confronted by new and unfamiliar situations. This means that they are also looking for guidance on how to deal with these novel challenges. When you are facing something you’ve not encountered before, where do you turn for

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Making the Most of the Remaining Third: A Leader's Guide to Focused Progress

Making the Most of the Remaining Third: A Leader’s Guide to Focused Progress

67% Two-thirds of 2024 has already passed. It’s a sobering realization, isn’t it? 32% One-third. That’s the time that remains in this calendar year.   As leaders and managers, we’re faced with a significant challenge . . .  How do we make the most of this remaining time? How do we ensure that we’re not

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Lead with Confidence Mastering Purpose and Identity for Organizational Readiness

Lead with Confidence: Mastering Purpose and Identity for Organizational Readiness

When was the last time you critically examined your organization’s Purpose and Identity? If it’s been a while, you might be missing out on crucial opportunities for growth and adaptation. Don’t make the mistake of viewing your company’s Purpose and Identity as fixed and unchangeable… Let me tell you a story about a little paper

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Celebrating Team Victories!

Congratulations! You’ve done it! organizational change leadership You’re at the end of your change initiative, and, despite earlier concerns, things have ended successfully! How are you going to celebrate this accomplishment? Here are some ideas of activities that you can do together as a team! Team lunch or dinner: Organize a meal at a nice

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Team Retrospective – a tool to learn at the end of an organizational change initiative

What happens at the end of an organizational change initiative? If you search online or through books and articles on managing change, there are surprisingly few resources to guide change leaders. organizational change leadership However, the ending phase of change (the Harvesting phase in the RCA Seasons of Growth framework) plays an important role in

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Communicating When Change Is About To Take Place

“Here’s what’s happening, and here’s what you can expect.” examples of organizational change   With these words, the pilot on a recent flight let us know that there was going to be a delay. She explained why (storms on our flight path), how long we could expect to be delayed (90 minutes!), and that we,

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