Explainers How to Know If an Organization Is Committed to Change Experts share their advice on assessing an organization’s readiness for change from the outside
Work of Fiction Leadership, Learning, and Letting Go in “Top Gun: Maverick” What leaders can learn about managing high-performing teams from Pete “Maverick” Mitchell
Explainers The Power of “What If?” and “Why Not?” Set aside time with your fellow leaders and teams to ask, “What new possibilities do we want to create together next year?” or more simply, “what if?”
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Limited Resources Insufficient people, budget, or time can derail a critical transformation just when it’s needed most
Explainers Why Organizations Must “Make Noise,” Not “Make Do” Cultures that avoid conflict lead to both individual and collective detriment—change can only come when issues are out in the open.
Explainers Why People Demand Change… and Then Don’t Participate Use the SCARF model to diagnose why even asked-for changes are being undercut
Barriers to Change Barriers to Change: Change Theater Any change effort that talks a big game without ever delivering real results has a pernicious effect on an organization’s overall ability to change, eroding the collective belief that change is possible.
Explainers The Role of Reorgs in Organizational Change As a leader, when should you pursue a reorg and shake up the org chart as part of an overall organizational change program?
Explainers How Leadership Must Change in Challenging Times Don’t assume “wartime leadership” is automatically required—reflect on what your organization needs, and how you’re showing up
Explainers In the Midst of Uncertainty, Shoot for the Moon Organizations need a beckoning frontier, not just to discover new business models and revenue streams, but to renew the human spirit and fend off the crush of uncertainty.
Explainers How to Overcome Leadership Blind Spots Leaders are more susceptible to blind spots, which means their biased decisions have a greater impact on their organizations. A few simple practices can challenge your existing mental models and help you make better calls.
Tools Initial Commitments Define What New Teammates Owe To One Another Without a set of clear expectations, shared accountability on new teams is almost impossible and conflicts may rapidly fester into cultural schisms
Explainers A Strategic Culture Is Deliberately Different No longer is a “good culture” good enough to be competitive. Organizations today must find alignment between their corporate strategy and their corporate culture, or risk never fulfilling their competitive advantage.
Explainers 8 Lessons in Changing Organizational Culture Some of the most important lessons we’ve learned partnering with world-renowned companies going through organizational culture change
Explainers Upskilling Managers to Lead Change If your organization is going through rapid change, you need change co-pilots and champions at every level of the organization
Explainers How to Build a Great Remote Work or Hybrid Work Culture Leaders are understandably concerned about the impact of remote work and hybrid work on company culture: how will new employees…
Explainers How Chernobyl Explains Failure: Organizational Accidents and Resilient Cultures An in-depth look at the factors that lead to failure, and how individuals can work together to build safer, more resilient cultures.
Explainers Real Solutions for Middle Manager Stress and Improved Employee Wellness To create a truly healthy corporate culture, define trade-offs and model the behavior you want to see.
Explainers Getting Middle Management to Lead Change Even When They’re Not Convinced Address underlying concerns before asking managers to lead change on their teams
Explainers It’s Not Enough to Cascade Information in Change Communications Leaders must think of communication as circular: two-way communication and feedback loops between you and each level of the organization.
Explainers How to Manage the Uncertainty of Hiring Three questions can help you balance some of the risks involved with expanding your team
