How to Turn Over the Keys to Your Company, Gracefully Frigibar Industries was a small business with a 39-year track record of success when its founder died shortly after …
When the Family Business Grows Up: Transitioning to Second Generation Leadership | Dynamic Language
For family businesses, moving to the second or third generation of leadership often poses a problem: who will take the helm? In this short video, Maria Antezana, founder of Dynamic …
5 Books You MUST Read if You Want to be Great at Leading Change (And 5 Others You Probably Should Read)
I was talking recently with a team of senior executives at a large global corporation (call them GloCo) who were leading a change initiative to integrate the company’s core values …
The Top New Skill You Need by 2020: Creativity
The World Economic Forum released their report, The Future of Jobs, last month, and the research is fascinating. In particular, the report asked chief human resources and strategy officers from …
In 2016, Clarify What Really Matters to You
Today marks the official end of the holidays. The decorations are put away, the children are back at school, and we are back at our desks. Diets are started, resolutions are made. …
How One Man’s Search for Lipstick Changed the Way We See the World
Kevin Ashton was a young account executive for Proctor & Gamble in the late 1990s when he noticed one shade of the company’s lipstick was never on the shelves. Curious …
Creating Strategies that Work: An Example from the Pharmaceutical Industry
In his book, Good to Great, Jim Collins writes that great companies have a firm understanding of three key things – what they are deeply passionate about (including core values and purpose); …
Why Layoffs May Lead to Lagging Performance and a Loss of Your Best Employees
Could avoiding layoffs or staff reductions get your company through a downturn faster? Do layoffs signal a white flag to your competitors, and a green flag to your best employees? …
How to Lead a Successful Change Project
Have you ever had the experience of pouring your heart into a project, using all your best ideas and resources as a leader, only to find that the project fails? …