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Helping the Team from Hell

by admin | Jun 6, 2017 | Conflict, Emotional Intelligence, Executive Teams, Facilitation, Latest Updates, Leadership Teams, strategic thinking

“In my twenty years as an executive I’ve never been on such a dysfunctional a team,” “Coming to team meetings fills me with dread,” “I’ve been thrown under the bus so often I have tread marks on my back.” These were just some of the comments I heard during my...

Lead change differently (part 1)

by admin | Feb 1, 2016 | Blog (All Categories), Facilitation, Latest Updates, Leading Change, Organizational Change, Organizational Consulting, Organizational Culture

Have you ever gotten in your car, driven to work, found a parking spot, sat at your desk, and wondered: How did I get here? If you ever experienced this, you were probably on automatic pilot, unconscious of what you were doing because you do it so often. Now let’s say...

The scapegoat effect

by admin | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog (All Categories), Conflict, Facilitation, Leadership Skills, Organizational Culture

Everybody believed Paul was the problem. His teammates complained in anonymous interviews that he was overly critical and negative. They said he dominated conversations, and became aggressive when someone disagreed with him. Despite acknowledging his deep technical...

Lead yourself through change (part 2)

by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | Facilitation, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture

One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons depicts two excited executives sitting in a meeting. One says to the other, “Let’s keep things here exactly the way they are.” The other responds, “Yeah, let’s not change anything!” Many of us want to change our organizations so...

The secret life of teams

by admin | Jun 1, 2014 | Facilitation, Latest Updates, Leadership Teams, Organizational Consulting

I’ve always studied teams. The youngest of three boys, as a kid I was mostly a bystander to my family’s tumultuous interactions. While my teenaged brothers and parents sparred in cycles of argument, cooling off and reconciliation, I stayed under the radar, vigilant to...

Collaboration and “all that jazz”

by admin | Jan 31, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Collaborating, Facilitation, Leadership Skills

In a PBS interview, jazz pianist Herbie Hancock described the magic of collaboration as he learned it in his twenties while travelling with improvisational genius Miles Davis. During one performance, Hancock remembered feeling a unique connection with the band, the...
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