Chaos Reigns! The past several weeks have been unprecedented on almost every level. COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the globe. Several of the world’s largest economies have temporarily shut …
How the Best Get Better: Inspect and Adapt
The best teams always ask the same question: “how can we get better?” In his recent book, Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and …
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Leaders across the globe are pivoting from traditional business reviews to a new way of thinking about managing enterprise performance – Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are taking the world …
Why is Your Company’s Plan Sitting in a Powerpoint?
Strategic planning exists in the hands of the executive leadership team and CEO. The process of designing an organization’s strategy takes painstaking months and is seemingly the cornerstone and guiding …
3 Steps to Ignite a Team
What do the Blue Angels, an improv troupe, and your team’s offsite have in common? They all have the potential to access a new level of genius, creativity, and accomplishment …
How Gossip Prevents Promotions: Even the CIA is Guilty
At the CIA, we utilized the full range of performance management tools. We had regular performance reviews, promotion panels, management training and a full spectrum of HR guidance. However, one …
How to Assemble an Allstar Team: The Process May Surprise You
Attracting and retaining top talent consistently ranks among the top concerns for global CEOs.[1] To succeed in this increasingly competitive arena, organizations spend an incredible amount of time and energy …
People Communicate Poorly: Here’s a framework that will save your company time and money
Let’s face it, most people don’t communicate effectively. They end up burying important information under a mountain of details. Whether it’s in an email, a presentation, or during a meeting, …
Every Company Desperately Needs a Chief Collaboration Officer
“Too many meetings and too many emails” are the cries of today’s knowledge workers, and both are artifacts of well-intended collaboration spun out of control. Your most precious company resource …
A Festivus for the Rest of Us: Seinfeld and Annual Performance Reviews
We’re getting to that time of year where it is apparent that Frank Costanza’s dream of a new and widely-celebrated holiday, Festivus, has been realized. Little did we know that Festivus …