Insights
Thinking for people who run organizations.
Short essays and executive briefs on how leadership is designed, written from practice for CEOs, founders, executive teams and the people responsible for developing them.
When Leaders Lose Their Rhythm – How the judgment of one person can unsettle an entire team.
Read →: When Leaders Lose Their Rhythm – How the judgment of one person can unsettle an entire team.Last week, during my dance class, I witnessed something that stayed with me long after the music stopped. Our instructor is a…
The Leadership Vacuum: When Power Replaces Leadership
Read →: The Leadership Vacuum: When Power Replaces LeadershipWhen leadership capability doesn’t fill a role, power does. How leadership vacuums form, spread through an organization, and how to fill them…
Leadership Through Crisis and Transformation
Read →: Leadership Through Crisis and TransformationCrisis reveals the leadership system; transformation redesigns it. Five questions executive teams should ask before they return to normal.
The Invisible Architecture of Leadership: Why Some Organizations Consistently Produce Great Leaders—And Others Never Do
Read →: The Invisible Architecture of Leadership: Why Some Organizations Consistently Produce Great Leaders—And Others Never DoWhy some organizations consistently produce great leaders and others never do. Leadership is an organizational property, shaped by an invisible architecture.