Change Your Organization’s Culture in 12 Months

Dec 27, 2023 | Leadership Development

Change your organization’s culture in 12 months. That statement sounds crazy right? It sounds impossible, but it’s not. It simply takes your unrelenting focus and commitment as a leader to model and communicate what you want and need your team to do as well. It won’t be easy to change your organization’s culture in 12 months. It simply takes your unrelenting focus and commitment as a leader to model and communicate what you want and need your team to do as well. As the leader, you have...

What Would We Do If…

Aug 22, 2023 | Leadership Development

I recently had the opportunity to co-facilitate a client’s exercise on stress testing their business continuity plan. It was also an opportunity for me to reiterate the importance of strong Stage 1 and Stage 2 leadership skills with these leaders. This client’s business continuity plan is in draft, so the exercise was important to not only identify gaps in the draft plan, but to also test the various teams’ ability to jump to the proposed course of action or to develop another solution if the...

Succession – Plan to Return

Apr 19, 2022 | Succession Planning

Refining processes and developing the next generation of leaders are fundamental to succession planning. I’ve worked with my clients on these key succession planning and talent development steps for years. However, during a coaching call with an executive this past week, I learned a valuable insight into HOW I need to guide my succession planning clients going forward. The leaders need to plan for succession as if THEY were going to return to the company. The leaders need to plan...

Drink a Cup of Coffee or Develop a Team Member?

Jan 25, 2022 | Leadership Development

I recently came across a 2018 report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that noted companies with fewer than 100 employees, on average, spent only 12 minutes of dedicated training time per employee - during the employee’s entire tenure with them! As pathetic as that is, it’s even more depressing because it dropped from a whopping 13.4 minutes of dedicated training time per employee in 1995. The 2018 report also noted that companies with 100-500 employees invested less than 6 minutes of...

Your Workforce’s Composition is About to Change

Jun 16, 2020 | Succession Planning

If you haven’t already had enough surprises and challenges this year, get ready for another leadership challenge: Your workforce’s composition will change more than you expect in the next 18-24 months. Your workforce’s composition will change more than you expect in the next 18-36 months. Why? Your team is tired. You’re tired. The past several months have been exhausting. The rapid shift to no or remote-work status, the endless Zoom meetings, the additional work required to communicate...