Scenario planning helps businesses navigate uncertainty by preparing for multiple futures instead of reacting in panic.

Performance drivers to master your goals Welcome to the third and final installment in our trifecta of posts taking you from strategy to...

Too many leaders think vacation is for other people. That’s a problem. If you never take an extended break (not just a day or a weekend),...

What’s Your Change Management Style? Focus on these skills to next-level your leadership game What makes some leaders more...

What’s Your Change Management Style? Change may be the only constant these days, but it’s not enough to simply say leaders must be able...

The Best Leaders are Self-Aware “Who are you? Who? Who? Who? Who? Ah, who the f*** are you?” — The Who How can you lead others if you...

Leading Through Uncertainty Takes Caring & Connection With the ongoing pandemic, the war in Ukraine, an inflationary economy, the recent...

Customer Interviews are Strategy Goldmines One of the greatest risks of strategy work is myopia. It makes sense. For most companies, it’s...

Leading is Delegating Leading, by definition, is not a solo activity. So why do so many leaders try to go it alone, hoarding their team’s...

Stretch Goals Make the Impossible Happen In January, many of us set goals for ourselves in the form of New Year’s resolutions. Most are...

Embrace Hybrid & Flexible Work For Good Remember earlier this summer when we all thought COVID was just about beat, and we were headed...

How to Embrace the ‘Next Normal’ It’s been nearly a year-and-a-half since what might be called the old normal and many of us have spent...

Critical Challenge: Empowering Leaders to Execute. (as found in the latest edition of Navigating WhiteWater) As I reflect on the role of...

Virtual is the New Reality Zoom, Skype and Microsoft Teams usage up by huge percentages 98% of Goldman Sachs employees working from home...

Adaptive Leadership in a world of COVID-19 Momma said there would be days like this. She never said that every day would be like this!...

Take the 60-Day S-E-T Goals Challenge Most of us are horrible at setting goals. We often have many things we want to accomplish… At work,...

Courageous Communications, Part 5: Conflict Is All Around Us – Are You Ready? Conflict is all around us—whether in the workplace,...

Courageous Communications, Part 4: Holding Tough Conversations This post continues our series on courageous conversations. In Part 3, we...

Courageous Communications, Part 3: Preparing for the Tough Conversations Actor and director Stephen Moyer says, “Conflict is drama, and...

Courageous Communications, Part 2 “I’m Only Telling you this because I’m leaving the company” What Happens When Leaders Forgo Courageous...