According to research my colleagues and I conducted, upwards of 80 percent of leaders who work on major initiatives, projects, or programs experience some form of team failure. Team failures, wherein ...

With executive teams, there is often an unconscious role playing—an emotional reenactment of old stories. After many months of stalled projects and disagreements, one of my clients approached me, ...

We are well past National Quitters' Day (the second Friday in January), when approximately 23% of people have abandoned their goals for the New Year. But a CEO cannot afford to quit. The most ...

Every organization has a culture, but on the very top, it’s the culture within the executive committee—the ExCo—that really shapes how strategy comes to life. The ExCo is not just a decision-making ...

Organizations today don’t operate alone. They’re part of what I call the meta system—an ecosystem that includes stakeholders, competitors and the entire industry. Team coaching helps teams step back ...

An accountability team is a group of leaders who meet regularly to share honest feedback and hold one another accountable. Accountability teams give clarity on the CEO role, enhance decision-making, ...