When Coaching Becomes a Substitute
There are multiple factors that go into whether or not coaching will be impactful. The impulse is to only look at the coachability of the potential coachee to measure potential success. However, coaching can fail when an organization tries to use it to solve a problem that was never really about that person at all. […]
The Coachability Factor: Why Some People Get More Out of Coaching Than Others
Executive coaching is one of the more reliably funded line items in employee development budgets due to its return on investment (ROI). A study by FMI found that 87% of respondents stated executive coaching delivers a large ROI, and a global survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Association Resource Center put the average return at roughly […]
Delegation: How AI Reshapes Leadership’s Oldest Question
For most of management history, delegation was simple: Which tasks are best for me to do and which ones should go to other people? Leaders weighed a task against their team’s capability, capacity, and development needs, and then they made a call. AI adds a new branch to that decision: What should I do myself? […]
Using AI to Slow Down and Reduce Bias
Ask a room of people what comes to mind when they hear “AI in the workplace,” and you’ll get a wide range of answers. Opportunity. Efficiency. Risk. Bias. Trust. All of those answers are valid, and most people are holding more than one of them at once. That mix of enthusiasm and caution is the […]
Change Agents, Early Adopters, and Resisters: The People Who Make or Break Change
An organization can have a flawless roadmap, a funded budget, and a polished communications calendar. Yet, without people on board, any changes will stall. That is because adoption happens through individuals in countless conversations that the project plan never accounts for. The evidence for the human factor is striking. Prosci’s benchmark research, drawing on thousands […]
How to Manage Multiple Changes at the Same Time
Most change management advice assumes one change at a time — a clean before, a defined transition, a stable after. That is not the reality most organizations live in. Change rarely arrives single file. A new leader steps in the same quarter a major system goes live. A reorganization shifts reporting lines while performance targets […]
The Skill Set That Brings Good Ideas to Life
Walk into almost any organization, from a scrappy startup to a decades-old enterprise, and you will find people with genuinely good ideas. The difference between a struggling organization and one that is thriving is rarely a lack of vision or creativity. What tends to be missing, instead, is the ability to move those concepts out […]
Define the Crisis. Don’t Let the Crisis Define You.
Crises may be unavoidable. Losing credibility, however, is not. Have you thought about who forms the narrative when your organization faces a crisis? If it’s not you, then you are handing the controls over to someone who doesn’t know your organization, your values, or your team. The impulse is to treat every controversy, criticism, or […]
Why Hiring Feels Broken: The Great Disconnect
Ever submit an application you felt genuinely qualified for, only to hear nothing back? Not a rejection. Not a follow-up. Just silence. It’s a frustrating, often disorienting experience. And for many job seekers, it’s happening more frequently than ever. The instinct is to internalize it: Am I not good enough? Did I miss something? Meanwhile, […]
AI Is Changing the Rules of Hiring
The introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into the hiring process has led to a fundamental rewrite of how organizations evaluate talent as well as how candidates present themselves. To put it simply: both sides are now using the same tool to navigate a system increasingly shaped by it. The New Hiring Infrastructure We have reached […]
