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Beyond Talent and Skill

Talent and skill are important, yet it is a disciplined and focused mind that enables us overcome distraction, delivery in difficult situations, and truly master an art. How do you constructively challenge your team to step beyond their talent and skills?

Tags | executive ownershift, leadership focus, leadership team focus, leadership under stress, performance, performing under pressure

Where does restructuring start?

There are good reasons to reorganize, adjusting and aligning capabilities to serve clients and ever-changing markets, yet the leadership team itself is the organizational unit that is least discussed, and least affected by organizational restructuring. How do you and your leadership team ensure that you are doing what’s right for…

Tags | change, effective executive, effective executive teams, executive ownershift, restructuring at the top, strategy

Is Your Strategy Closet Already Stuffed?

It only makes sense that if you add new priorities to this year’s strategic agenda, you need conversations about what you are going to say no to. If you don’t, soon you’ll find yourself in the situation with too many priorities or that everything is a priority. Of course, this…

Tags | effective strategy, executive ownershift, executive teams, highly effective leadership teams, priorities, strategic leadership, strategy

Fresh Start Executive Failure

50% to 70% of executives that step into a new senior position won’t make it to their two-year anniversary, according to the Corporate Executive Board. Here's some sound advice to ensure that fresh start executives become great start executives.

Tags | executive ownershift, executive team, first 100 days, fresh start executive failure, new executive, strategic leadership, strategic leadership team

The Holiday Wedding

This holiday wedding story is a gentle reminder of what happens when we fail to recognize how important our contribution is to the customer, a teammate, and our organization.

Tags | effective executive, effective leadership, executive ownershift, meaningful contribution, ownership

When Strength Becomes a Weakness

Operational expertise, strategic thinking, and working with others are valued assets in the leadership team,yet when executives play to their strengths too strongly and resist the call to become a balanced player, executive teams struggle. How do you encourage your leaders to expand beyond their strengths to become balanced players?

Tags | balanced players, executive ownershift, executive team excellence, executive teams, high performance leadership teams, leadership teams

Master the Art of S.M.A.R.T.

All too often, the s.m.a.r.t. goal setting process is simply a word smith exercise to maintain the the status quo. Learn the real art of s.m.a.r.t. in this post.

Tags | executive ownershift, high performance, high performance culture, leadership effectiveness, smart, smart goals, target setting

Fireside Insights

Executives often say that when they look back at their team transformation process, the fireside chats, with its non-judgmental atmosphere, were team-tipping points for them. How do you get to the real heart of the emotions, concerns, and ambitions of your leadership team?

Tags | executive excellence, executive ownershift, fireside chats, fireside conversations, high performance teams, team excellence

Suffering from breakthrough famine?

Business breakthroughs don’t just happen. How are you and your executive team setting the example for breakthrough thinking, acting, and results in your organization?

Tags | breakthrough thinking, business breakthrough, business breakthroughs, executive breakthroughs, executive ownershift, high performance breakthrough, strategic breakthrough

Continuous Improvement in Oradea

Continuous improvement is the hallmark of successful organization. How does your executive team set the example and tempo for continuous improvement in your organization?

Tags | continuous improvement, executive ownershft, executive team excellence, setting a leadership example