Truth is a powerful weapon. The truth about executive offsites is that they’re not the waste of time many executive believe them to be. I have run executive offsites for over 30 years, and I know they don’t have to…
7 Tips for Effective Offsites
7 Qualities of Team Leaders Who Drive Innovation
Many executives we work with are frustrated in their efforts to improve the innovation of their companies. One of the problems? Middle management gets in the way of innovative employees by clinging to dominant leader styles. Our experience and the…
9 Steps to Assure Success of Global Teams
Establishing a global team is always a daunting task. How do you get people on time zones around the world on a video conference together, knowing someone will be up in the middle of the night? How do you motivate…
Four studies identify the critical dynamics that contribute to team success.
When putting teams together, who do you pick to lead them? The individual with the highest IQ? The most extroverted? Or, the most dominant “driver”? New studies will have you rethink the characteristics of great team members and allow you…
Seven Ways to Assure High Performance with Global Teams
The new general manager of a recently acquired, innovative global business asked me if his new staff, which spanned seven countries and four continents, could understand English. “Yes, they can,” I responded with a smile. “But it doesn’t mean they…
What Separates the Leading Innovative Companies from the Rest?
Why are some companies continually coming up with new, dynamic products and services, technologies and business models? And, why are others always late to the party? Why do some companies lead with one innovation, and then falter before developing the…
Five Steps to Overcoming Group Think and Solving Problems Innovatively
How do you avoid groupthink, or what psychologists call “functional bias?” My friends in the “big data” and artificial intelligence industry believe the solution is the algorithm. Executive teams often decide whether to accept the “big data” solution to a…
