Building the Learning Engine

From Concept to Culture: Building Organizations That Practice Adaptive Leadership   Your leadership team gets adaptive leadership. They’ve read the books, been to the workshops, had the conversations. But understanding something and actually doing it when the pressure is on? That’s a different game entirely. The gap isn’t about knowledge. Your leaders already have that. … Read more

Tactical Patience: The Leadership Skill We Don’t Talk About Enough

Tactical patience is necessary for today’s turbulent times. Volatility is no longer the exception — it’s the operating system in which we need to lead. Disruptive technologies, shifting markets, and complex stakeholder demands often leave leaders with more questions than answers. Traditional approaches, rooted in certainty and playbooks, fall short when the rules themselves are … Read more

The Future of Leadership, Part 6: Maturity

This is part of an ongoing series about the future of leadership. “Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.” – Tom Stoppard Future leaders will have to become mature sooner than later.  Why?  Because they will be incredibly transparent.  Just think about the impact of social media today.  I think many of … Read more

The Future of Leadership, Part 5: AI – Curse or Blessing?

This is part of a series about where the future of leadership may be heading. In the past year, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come into its own, and now we’re racing at breakneck speed to determine what purposes it might serve. This has enormous potential impacts for the future of leadership. “…as with all new … Read more

The Future of Leadership, Part 4: Bringing People Together

This is part four of a series about the future of leadership. “I have a different vision of leadership. A leader is someone who brings people together.”–  George W. Bush In our increasingly virtual world, the future of leadership will be even more challenging than it is today. Simply put, we’re going to have to … Read more

The Future of Leadership, Part 3: Breaking Free from Bureaucracies

This is part three in a series about the future of leadership. “Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense.  And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find yourself the victim of it.” – Laurence Gonzales Management expert and author Gary Hamel is known for his work on reinventing the concept of management for the … Read more