More about Leadership

  • Your Communications May Not Be Communicating - Your Communications May Not Be Communicating – Have you ever been in an organization where communication was not an issue? If so, you’re the exception rather than the rule. Large organizations in particular have always struggled with the challenges of communications. This HBR articles addresses the challenges of communications and provides practical solutions. http://blogs.hbr.org/ashkenas/2011/02/your-communications-may-not-be.html
  • Navigating Change for Success - “Navigating Change for Success” is a collaborative white paper Don Johnston and Cindy Weeks co-authored that was presented at the MEMO conference in Ontario Canada in 2010.  In this VUCA world, organizations need to continuously adapt to change in the ecosphere, change that is speeding up every year. Organizations that are intentionally linked to their…
  • It’s a VUCA World - Denise Caron’s “It’s a VUCA World” is a colorful and creative powerpoint presentation on VUCA – what it means, where it shows up, ways to respond. It's A Vuca World! from Denise Caron
  • Leading at the Cusp of Change (a Prezi) - “Leading at the Cusp of Change” is the presentation we shared at the Washington State Nonprofit Conference on May 11, 2012.  It’s about the intersection of leadership and adaptive change, VUCA  and VUCA prime, our change model, and what you can do to better prepare yourself and your organization for the future.
  • Adaptive Enterprise - Adaptive Enterprise: Creating and Leading Sense-And-Respond Organizations – by Stephan Haeckel Unpredictable, discontinuous change is an unavoidable consequence of doing business in the Information Age. Because this intense turbulence demands fast – even instantaneous – response, many large companies are fragmenting themselves into smaller, quick-response units. But in doing so, they relinquish important advantages of…
  • Leaders Make the Future - “Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World” by Bob Johansen. We are in a time of disruptive leadership change. In a VUCA world – one characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity – traditional leadership skills won’t be enough, noted futurist Bob Johansen argues. Drawing on the latest ten-year forecast…
  • Analyzing Performance Problems - Analyzing Performance Problems: Or, You Really Oughta Wanna – How to Figure out Why People Aren’t Doing What They Should Be, and What to do About It – by Robert Mager The reaction to the behaviors of problem employees is much too often “more training” that doesn’t do anything to improve the situation.  Usually it’s…
  • The Power of Appreciative Inquiry - The Power of Appreciative Inquiry:  A Practical Guide to Positive Change – by Diana Whitney and Amanda Trosten-Bloom Many of our clients spend huge amounts of time focusing on what is going wrong and little time thinking about what is going well.  Aside from the inherent downer in this approach, there is significant value to…
  • Fierce Conversations - Fierce Conversations:  Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time – by Susan Scott In almost all of our client organizations, one of the most critical problems is the lack of open and honest feedback about tough subjects. This isn’t about not wanting feedback – almost everyone does. What it’s about…
  • The Leadership Pipeline - The Leadership Pipeline:  How to Build the Leadership Powered Company – by Stephen Drotter, Ram Charan and James Noel This book is a must read for any manager or executive who is struggling to stay strategic. Many of the leaders we consult with are working one or two levels below where they should be working.…
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