During times of uncertainty, high-performing employees are often tempted to jump ship. Here’s how to make sure it doesn’t happen. By Ashley Keating If you’ve ever been part of a merger or acquisition, you know it’s an uncomfortable place to be—and that there’s a high risk of losing good employees […]
Change
Which Way to Change?
The economy is about to reopen, but it won’t be business as usual. But if you can imagine your Big Arrow, you’ve mastered half the strategy for getting your organization back on track. By Peter Bregman “I’m not sure whether we have a leadership problem, or a team problem,” my […]
Strategic Failure Is Not an Option
If there’s one thing COVID-19 has made clear, it’s this: Your future can completely transform in a minute. To keep up, you’ll need to build this critical competency. By Lisa D. Danels and Christian Neubert Is your organization skidding toward irrelevancy? Before you shout a resounding “no way,” consider the […]
Great Change Leaders Have Two Faces
They’re skilled in both pushing and pulling. Here’s how to adopt each approach. By Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman What’s the difference between leadership and management? This isn’t a set up to a lame joke you’d tell at the office holiday party, but rather, a serious question that management scholars […]
How to Lose People the Right Way
Attrition is bound to happen. But if you follow the right retention strategy, you’ll form lasting relationships with employees long after they leave. By Niko Canner and Shanti Nayak Of all the talent systems we’ve developed over the years, the most powerful one was a remarkably easy approach we established […]
Change Today, Thrive Tomorrow
The author and his colleagues interviewed dozens of c-suite leaders to uncover the best way to build a sustainable organization. The answer: a mix between managing your present and creating your future. By Ashley Harshak Two years ago, we decided to start talking to our clients. I mean, really talking […]
Escape the Change Factory
There is no one-size-fits-all process to reshape a company. Here’s what transformation takes. By Niko Canner Every great con starts from a hunger to believe. Think about what an extraordinary CEO does. She asserts that an organization will be something that it doesn’t yet know how to be, and then […]
Great Change Leaders Have Two Faces
They’re skilled in both pushing and pulling. Here’s how to adopt each approach. By Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman What’s the difference between leadership and management? This isn’t a set up to a lame joke you’d tell at the office holiday party, but rather, a serious question that management scholars […]