Strategic Alignment
You built a business on grit. Scaling it takes systems.
If you started a business in the last few years, you have a lot of…
Strategic Alignment
The Job That Used to Take Three People
A business owner brings in three people to help her grow. A marketing consultant tells…
People Systems
Hire for what they can do, not where they’ve been
Look at a stack of resumes and ask yourself what you actually learn from them.…
People Systems
Recognition beats perks. It always has.
When budgets tighten, organizations start asking what employees really want. The answers coming out of…
People Systems
You asked for feedback. Then what happened?
Organizations have never collected more employee feedback than they do right now. Engagement surveys, pulse…
Leadership
The middle is carrying more than its share
If you want to know how an organization is really doing, don’t ask the executive…
Strategic Alignment
Before you automate, align
Every leadership team seems to be having the same conversation right now. What’s our AI…
Strategic Alignment
Get your mission off the wall
Walk into almost any organization and you’ll find the mission statement. It’s framed in the…
Leadership
Five generations, one team, no playbook
For the first time in history, many workplaces now span five generations. The colleague planning…
Strategic Alignment
Your culture stopped reinforcing itself. Did you notice?
There was a time when culture took care of itself. New employees learned how things…