Explainers How to Respond When Your Program is Disrupted If you’re leading a large new initiative and it just halted due to internal changes, what do you do next?
Explainers Speed Traps in Organizations Leaders naturally want to move fast—but watch out for these common speedbumps
Explainers Where to Begin a Business Transformation Deciding what to change, first, can determine whether a large-scale transformation succeeds or fails
Explainers How to Overcome Ambivalence as a Leader of Change The early stages of transformation are fraught with conflicting signals and feelings, but within that turmoil lies an opportunity for profound self-reflection and growth
Explainers The Tension between Authentic and Adaptive Leadership Modern leadership isn’t one type of leadership; it must be a blend of approaches
Explainers Regaining Lost Momentum in the Change Journey Some resistance to change is normal—but if change feels too disruptive or like it’s stalling out, leaders may need to reassess.
Explainers The “Oh **** Moment” Committing to a change can feel scary—but teams have to make the jump
Explainers Discussing Hard Topics in Organizations Obsessed with Optimism Making change requires optimism, but a relentless focus on the positive can turn into a culture where nothing negative can be discussed
Explainers The Real Reason Why Business Strategy Fails Companies desperately need to demystify what strategy really is and get back to the basics of doing it well.
Explainers What Leaders Must Know About Organizational Resilience This often misunderstood concept is critical for navigating disruption and uncertainty
Explainers Our Prediction for 2023 Anything can happen this year, so leaders must hone organizations’ capacity for making change
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
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?”
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
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.
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.
