There are so many deep conundrums, so many challenges without precedent, currently on the agenda of leaders and leadership teams. It is tough being a leader, and the indications are this is going to be a long haul. . I ask with care for you and your organisation please don’t be lonely at the top. A Read More
“What a ridiculous thing to say”, said the earnest Executive. This is serious business! As experienced leaders and professional experts our comfort zone is typically the established operating models. Leveraging what we have been taught. Maintaining executive presence. Leading the room. Being ‘in control’. In a time when we hear every day of unprecedented conditions in our world, when even Read More
TEAM DYNAMICS Our teamwork is critical to our success in navigating turbulent times. Definitions of the Vital Signs of Organisational Change-Fitness: Team Dynamics The accountability feedback loop of team dynamics is in the outcome measures of leadership team clarity, alignment and delivery of planned results. To determine we are on the right path we look Read More
ACTIVELY NAVIGATING I have been talking with a lot of people committed to a positive transformation from this challenging period – all sorts of Chief’s, Directors, Strategy Consultants, Leaders of People and Culture. People are ACTIVELY NAVIGATING as they are yet to find their medium to longer term bearings. This is a critical period as Read More
Leadership team change-fitness is the critical enabler… Leadership team change-fitness is the critical enabler at the leading-to-confront-the-challenge phase and the subsequent strategy execution phases. Definitions of the Vital Signs of Organisational Change-Fitness Execution Effectiveness The strengths and weaknesses of the leadership team are amplified in execution effectiveness. Lead measures include: • Agreed focus. • Top Read More
Being Clear on the Scope of our Continuous Improvement EvolutionTalking with leaders who are experienced Continuous Improvement practitioners, we have been finding it a useful clarifier to the discussion for our own leadership scope clarity and for the teams receiving the message to be more specific about the range of improvement work from transactional through Read More
Leadership team change-fitness is the critical enabler in tackling new strategic imperatives In my work in organisational transformation executive leader’s talk is often focused on the classic phases of strategy development. References such as John Kotter’s 1995 8 Steps as outlined in Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail (1) is still a classic for many Read More
Fitter teams go further, faster, and have the energy to go again.Our ‘change-fitness’ as a leadership team is very much like our physical fitness as there is a tippingpoint where doing more we gain energy. On the other side of the tipping point, the cumulative initiatives and change efforts drain energy,which may result in disengagement, burn-out, leadership churn, or Read More
We are building our future world today. The outcomes of builder’s work are always easier to see and appreciate looking back at history. In the moment there is often not the sense of instant gratification, definitely not the public attention of other more immediate fix, firefighter roles. Like with our home or major public buildings, Read More
