The Unnatural State of Organizational Alignment

Jon Tveten

Entrepreneurs starting a business typically begin with a small, cohesive group of people, all of whom have a solid grasp of the company's customer value proposition.  Because of small size many members of the entrepreneurial organization wear many hats, e.g. CEO/c... More »

Challenging Employees Made Easy—Well Easier

James Robbins

Do you hate conflict? Do you cringe at the thought challenging an employee on their productivity or work ethic? If you do, you’re in good company. At least 50% of us possess the personality styles that illicit dread when having to confront someone. I must confess... More »

Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization by Dan Pontefract

In his new book Flat Army: Creating a Connected and Engaged Organization, Dan Pontefract shows leaders how to break out of traditional roles to truly drive enagement and results. More »

Think Organization When Developing Leadership

Annmarie Neal

As we apply traditional mindsets and models of leadership, it becomes clear pretty quickly that we would need the ‘bionic man’ leading our organizations – someone with extraordinary capabilities to out run, out jump and out maneuver the opponent. ... More »

Engaging Organizational Leadership to Focus on Employee Development

Deadra Welcome

  I recently read The 6 Ways Government Needs to Improve Performance Management.  The article talks about The President’s fiscal year 2014 budget and its emphasis on the creation of “a culture of performance improvement.”  Now, of cour... More »