Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) One of the biggest challenges facing organizations today is the prevalence of complexity and uncertainty and how they are impacting decisions, culture, results and more. While senior leaders will nod and agree that complexity and uncertainty are having

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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) Succession planning is an exercise that senior leaders in most organizations engage in. It’s a generally accepted practice with an important goal – to identify and develop future leaders, typically for specific roles. An unintended consequence of this practice

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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) One of the most common rhythms in organizational life is the annual goal setting process. And in most organizations, a large part (if not all of it) centers around cascading goals from the top – all the way

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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) If you are a leader, you may find yourself with more direct reports. That’s what the trends seem to show. Organizations, large and small, are taking out layers of middle managers, not replacing managers who leave. The biggest reason you hear

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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) Warning – This might read like a rant from a guy who has been in the business of developing people and leaders for a long time. While there might be a rant tone to what follows, the points

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Lots has been written about the future of work – and how it will look different because of viruses, technology, and geopolitical change. There is little doubt that the future will be different. Recently I asked readers this question: as a leader, are you ready to lead in the future? It is a fair and

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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) An article with this title could have been written anytime in my lifetime, and ideas for the future could have been shared. But I believe that as difficult as leadership has always been, when you look at the

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The shift to hybrid work was born out of necessity — but continues with over 60% of companies having some kind of hybrid arrangement, and they aren’t thrilled with the results. In fact, the recent statics show that 77% of Fortune 500 companies have flexible or partly remote arrangements, but report dissatisfaction from both organizations

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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) Last week I wrote about some of the reasons people don’t want to go to training (read it here). Today I want to help solve the problem that I outlined in that article. Let’s talk about overcoming the

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Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player…Listen to this article. (Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur.) It might seem odd for me to write about why people have objections to training, since most readers (maybe you) are “all in” for developing yourself and others. If you are focused on and invested in development and

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