Accepting Failure as the Natural Order of Things

Accepting Failure as the Natural Order of Things

What defines adventure?Think about it for a moment. You pick up two brochures for two different tours.The first one promises hiking steep canyons, going through jungles where you can see snakes and leopards in their natural habitat, and driving through grasslands...
How “Together” is Your Management Team?

How “Together” is Your Management Team?

If your management team were a professional sports team, how good would it be? How well would everyone work together? How united would they be to achieve your strategy? If your team were a soccer/football team, how well would they play? Now, we usually don’t...
5 Traits of Great Change Leaders

5 Traits of Great Change Leaders

Change leadership is different from operational management, and often operational managers are thrust into having to be change leaders. Some rise to the occasion, become really good change leaders and succeed brilliantly. Others adopt only some good change leadership...
You Are Accountable for Reading this Article!

You Are Accountable for Reading this Article!

Accountable, responsible. Poteighto, potaato. Interchangeable, right? Wrong. There is a huge difference. Often people do use the terms “accountability” and “responsibility” interchangeably, and frequently it does not create issues. However, when you are trying to...
Aligning Leaders – A Success Story

Aligning Leaders – A Success Story

How valuable is aligning leaders for a business transformation? How about $80 million worth? We were working on a process transformation program with a North American executive team of a global company. There were seven executives, each incredibly competent, but very...