Leadership Archives - Randel Consulting

“Looking Both Ways: The Janus principle for leaders navigating year-end transitions”

Dear Change Leader, Janus, the Roman god of doorways and transitions, possessed something most gods lacked: two faces, looking in opposite directions. One gazed backward, at the path traveled. The other looked forward, toward the road ahead. The Romans weren’t being whimsical. They understood something essential about transitions: you can’t move forward well without […]

“Looking Both Ways: The Janus principle for leaders navigating year-end transitions” Read More »

Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Communication, Drivers of Sustained Change, Effective Teams, Engagement Paradox, Focus, Habits, holiday, influencing others, Leadership, levers for change, Pathfinder, Plans, Psychological Safety, strategic thinking, Sustaining Change, Teams, Transition

Building Team Alignment for the New Year

Blog, News, Tools

Most teams start January with renewed energy and all the best intentions to make positive changes for the year ahead. By February, the momentum inevitably stalls. By March, people have reverted to their usual ways of working. Successful teams invest time upfront to align on what work matters most for them to achieve their shared

Building Team Alignment for the New Year Read More »

Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Growth, Leaders, Leadership, Organizational Growth, Plans, Sustaining Change, Teams

Why Your Team Watches Your Calm, Not Your Answers

Newsletter

Leading with presence when you don’t have all the solutions Dear Change Leader, “I need to have the answer before I can talk to my team,” Jennifer said during a recent call. As a senior leader, she’d been dealing with shifting customer demands and three rounds of budget revisions in the past six months.

Why Your Team Watches Your Calm, Not Your Answers Read More »

Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Communication, Engagement Paradox, influencing others, Leadership, levers for change, Psychological Safety, Sustaining Change, Teams

Leadership In Action: Perspective Building

Blog, Tools

Finding Clarity in the Year-End Clearing December brings a peculiar challenge. As a leader, you’re expected to plan for the coming year—to set goals, establish priorities, and project confidence about a future you can’t fully see. But reacting and adapting to the current year’s constant disruptions has left you feeling exhausted, and the

Leadership In Action: Perspective Building Read More »

Adaptive Leadership, Change, Focus, Habits, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Trends, strategic thinking, Sustaining Change, Teams

The Transparency Paradox Every Leader Faces

What Leaders Fear to Say (But Teams Need to Hear)

Newsletter

The Transparency Paradox Every Leader Faces Dear Change Leader, “I can’t tell them the whole truth,” Marcus said quietly. As Executive Director of a regional nonprofit, he’d been carrying difficult news for three months—uncertain funding, potential program and staff cuts, strategic questions about the organization’s future. “If my team knows how serious this is, they’ll

What Leaders Fear to Say (But Teams Need to Hear) Read More »

Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Communication, Culture, Engagement Paradox, influencing others, Leadership, levers for change, Pathfinder, Psychological Safety, Sustaining Change, Teams

Leadership In Action: Priority Anchors

Blog, Tools

When Everything Is a Priority, Nothing Is You have too much on your plate. You’re wearing yourself out by trying to attend to everything you believe you have to do. What’s worse, you are not leaving yourself any ‘strategic slack’ to either deal with unexpected developments nor prepare for the future. I’ll be frank––you

Leadership In Action: Priority Anchors Read More »

Adaptive Leadership, Change, Coaching, Drivers of Sustained Change, Effective Teams, Focus, Habits, Leaders, Leadership, Leadership Trends, levers for change, strategic thinking, Sustaining Change, Teams

The Art of Dynamic Balance

Newsletter

Dear Change Leader, “I thought being steady meant staying still,” Marcus told me during our coaching session last month. As the newly promoted Director of a fast-growing tech startup, Marcus had been trying to project unwavering confidence and consistency. He believed that good leadership meant being the organization’s anchor—solid, immovable, predictable. But the more he

The Art of Dynamic Balance Read More »

Adaptive Leadership, Change, Change Management, Leadership, levers for change, Pathfinder, Sustaining Change

The Leadership Trap That Creates Tomorrow’s Crises

Newsletter

Dear Change Leader, In 1972, a small team at Royal Dutch Shell gathered to do something that seemed almost absurd: imagine a future in which oil prices would skyrocket. At the time, oil had been cheap and stable for decades. The entire industry operated on the assumption that this would continue. Planning for anything else

The Leadership Trap That Creates Tomorrow’s Crises Read More »

Adaptive Leadership, Belonging, Capable People, Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Leadership, Pathfinder, Plans, Sustaining Change, Teams

When Your Team’s Spirit Feels Broken

Newsletter

How leaders can reignite purpose and hope when teams are running on empty Dear Change Leader, “I look around the room and see people who used to light up when we talked about our work,” Stefan shared with me last week. “Now they just look… tired. Really tired.” As Executive Director of a community

When Your Team’s Spirit Feels Broken Read More »

Adaptive Leadership, Belonging, Capable People, Change, Change Management, Effective Teams, Leaders, Leadership, Pathfinder, Sustaining Change, Teams

Leadership In Action: Team Perseverance

Blog, Tools

Addressing Collective Exhaustion Without Trying to Fix the Unfixable Your team is exhausted. This is a reality that is not discussed much. This is not simply the exhaustion that follows long hours or challenging projects. This is the bone-deep weariness arising from months, perhaps even years, of operating in stress mode. They’ve survived layoffs

Leadership In Action: Team Perseverance Read More »

Adaptive Leadership, Change, Effective Teams, Habits, influencing others, Leaders, Leadership, Teams