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Leadership Insights


Uncovering Passion in Succession
The pivotal juncture of succession planning emerges not just as a transfer of authority, but for continuity fueled by shared passion.


Focus on the Acts After You Understand the Actor
While sitting at a coffee shop with a new prospective client I received the question, “So how can your firm help me to get my team to...


How to Make Unicorns and Rainbows Jealous
Consider showing up to your organization’s conference room as your childhood self.


Waltzing to the Symphony of Strategy
Composing a strategy, so finely engineered, A process, intricate, from perspectives revered. Reversing the gears, with wisdom and might,...


Strategy. Where are you?
Top leaders often approach us with a sense of overwhelm, as they work tirelessly to propel their organizations forward and outperform...


Your Ultimate Summer Leadership Bootcamp
You’ve been appointed to an interim leadership role: The CEO of Summertime. It's a fast-paced and fun role that requires setting a...


It's The Little Things
It’s the little things that have the secret power of a superhero to change the life of others as well as yourself. Consider these acts of...


Building Your Network: From the Inside Out.
Building your network from the inside out requires two questions to be answered. Why do prospects engage you? Why don’t prospects engage...

The Gift That Keeps Giving
Recently, we were asked, “What is the key area leaders need to focus on before closing ‘shop’ for the holidays?” This was one topic we...


Looking for the Planets to Align to Find Your Star Employees? How About Using Science Instead?
In the late 1800s and early 1900s It was common knowledge that rain could be produced by expert rainmakers. The practice of rainmaking...


Strategic Planning for Family-Owned Businesses is Vital
To ensure survival in today’s competitive climate, you must look beyond the day-to-day and challenge tradition. Most family business...


Group Dynamics Can Enhance Leadership Development
Many companies have embraced individual executive coaching and mentoring as key approaches to fuel their talent development initiatives....


Interviewing Essentials: A Disciplined Approach to Hiring 'Best-Fits'
Know the five costly hiring mistakes that can thwart obtaining the best talent, and how to identify candidates with the “emotional...


Feet-to-the-Fire...Executive Development
Without an impetus to change and grow, most executives probably won’t. Designing a process that maximizes the probability of achieving...


Learning or Performance Enhancement: Which Is It?
To create a high-performance organization, learning leaders must focus on behavioral and interpersonal strategies. Although the specifics...


Mentoring's Role in Succession Planning
To make the most of mentoring as a succession planning tool, activities must be flexible and focused on the human aspect of the...


Talent Factory
The basic math of high-performing companies is: Profitability is about performance, and performance is about people – one person at a...


Succession Management
In the beginning, corporate America created replacement planning. Its purpose was to fill the void left by a key executive’s untimely...


Cracking the Code of Human Potential
Performance potential is a vast subject that virtually encompasses the whole story of the human race. If you narrow the concept down to...


High-Purpose...High-Performance
There’s an old parable that goes like this: Three stonemasons were busy at work when a passerby asked each of them, “What are you doing?”...
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