According to research my colleagues and I conducted, upwards of 80 percent of leaders who work on major initiatives, projects, or programs experience some form of team failure. Team failures, wherein ...

With executive teams, there is often an unconscious role playing—an emotional reenactment of old stories. After many months of stalled projects and disagreements, one of my clients approached me, ...

We are well past National Quitters' Day (the second Friday in January), when approximately 23% of people have abandoned their goals for the New Year. But a CEO cannot afford to quit. The most ...

A conversation with researchers Thomas Keil and Marianna Zangrillo about the dynamics at the top of organizations. CEOs get a ton of credit or blame for a company’s performance. But the entire ...

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Every organization has a culture, but on the very top, it’s the culture within the executive committee—the ExCo—that really shapes how strategy comes to life. The ExCo is not just a decision-making ...

In a utopian working group, all members operate as a team with a high level of accountability, enthusiasm and collaboration. Their refrain is “we are in this together”. Each team member knows how to ...

An accountability team is a group of leaders who meet regularly to share honest feedback and hold one another accountable. Accountability teams give clarity on the CEO role, enhance decision-making, ...