Insights
I write about leadership, coaching, culture, change and sustainable high performance. The aim is to make sense of what’s happening in organisations in a way that’s practical and useful for senior leaders and HR/OD professionals.
If you’re new here, start with these four: Why your managers aren’t stepping up, Why your senior leadership team is struggling, Psychological safety isn’t about being nice, and Gestalt organisational development.
When the strategy has changed and the organisation hasn’t
The strategy was signed off months ago and nothing has moved. It’s rarely a communication problem. Three questions to find out which kind of gap you’ve got.
Is your senior leadership team actually a team?
Most senior leadership teams are a set of direct reports, not a team. Three questions to settle before you commission coaching, and the moment when it pays most.
When performance coaching isn’t enough
Senior leaders under sustained pressure don’t need a better conversation about goals. They need someone who’ll look at the whole picture, and say when coaching isn’t the answer.
Why your managers aren’t stepping up
The engagement survey says leadership. The senior team says the managers aren’t stepping up. The evidence says the layer beneath the senior team was never developed as a layer.
Your team is converging and you can’t see it
AI makes individuals better and teams more alike. Why debating the machine fails, and three rules that protect independent thinking in a senior team.
Why your senior leadership team is struggling (it’s rarely the people)
Every senior leadership team is a concentrated version of the organisation around it. If the business is in flux or out of line, the team will be under pressure, whatever the individuals are like. I've come to treat this as the starting point for any team work,...
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