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The Role of a CEO in Organizational Transformation

With organizational transformation success rates around 30%, the roles of the CEO and Executive team are critical in achieving results. Working with an experienced partner to leverage practical insights can strengthen your odds of success.

Airline Pilot or Fighter Pilot?

Most CEOs and leadership teams are not prepared to lead successful transformations. Like an airline pilot, who is trained for safety and consistency, business leaders are experienced at leading in stable environments. Organization transformation requires the skills of a fighter pilot – a leader who can make quick decisions, manage risk and innovate in the moment.

When Better Is Not Good Enough

I recently listened to a rebroadcast of a speech Lyndon Johnson gave to a joint session of congress when he proposed the voting rights act. The gist of his speech was that while things had gotten better for African Americans, they were still not good enough when it...

Transformation: The Real Keys to Success

Many CEOs are delivering a version of this message to their organizations at the start of 2018: “Our industry is transforming. What made us successful in the past won’t assure our success in the future. The status quo will result in our becoming obsolete (not a...