Fractional executives aren’t just a trend. They are now essential to the modern startup toolset. However, if bringing one part-time leader on board is a challenge, hiring several at once is a whole new management game, and most founders aren’t fully prepared. As more CEOs tap into a “portfolio” C-suite, the struggle shifts from simply getting the talent to actually...
Our traditional instinct has been to look to our leaders to steer a clear path through uncertain and complex times. But marshaling the foresight to navigate today’s volatility and disruption requires something more than leadership. It requires teamship—the combined talent and insight of peers sharing the leadership load rather than expecting one heroic individual to...
In the heat of a high-stakes championship game, a coach throws a red flag onto the football field. Play pauses. The team does not dwell on mistakes or look to place blame; they want to check everyone is aligned and playing by the agreed-upon rules. Now let us imagine that same commitment to shared accountability...
During a recent call with a group of presidents from some of the world’s largest companies, the number-one issue keeping them awake at night was attracting and retaining great talent. It’s an issue that companies of every size have been grappling with since the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted first our lives and then the labor market. The executives were...
Faced with a tough decision that needs to be made quickly, most leaders’ command-and- control instincts kick in. They are often wrong. In a world changing at an extraordinary pace, expecting a leader under pressure to make the call alone is to overlook the talent in the team. The better answer is quick-fire collaboration. Today’s economy demands that...
Uncovering the answers to this question has been the driving force of the Socratic business adviser Jim Collins‘s career. But what about now, as we emerge from the Covid-19 crisis, in a business landscape that is best summed up by the word disruption? I got on a call recently with Jim to discuss. For more than a quarter...
During the pandemic, the crisis gave most workplaces much-needed jolts of urgency to reboot outdated management systems. One brilliant outcome we saw emerge were leaders and teams that began collaborating more intensively. Teammates spoke with greater transparency and authenticity, because frankly, there was no time to waste when it came to innovative solutions. In our...
Teaming out is a characteristic behavior of the most effective executive teams, and one that my research institute has decoded as a high-return practice. Through 20 years of coaching, I’ve seen it speed collaboration and accelerate growth. Teaming out also helps mitigate unrecognized risk–in Fortune 500 companies, midmarket brands, and startups. Here’s how it works. Curating Relationships Most of...
The future of work arrived out of nowhere, on the back of a once-in-a-centurypandemic. Team dynamics got challenged as members dealt with illness, trauma,and crisis. We’ve all been forced to rapidly and radically adapt to new working norms. The Ferrazzi Greenlight Research Institute has spent more than 15 years studying high-performing teams, but I’ve never...
My research team and I have had a couple of interesting conversations with Colin Kinsella, CEO of Mindshare Interactive. How did Colin end the feet-dragging that had stalled the change he was brought on board to finish? Not by telling the team what leadership wanted them to achieve, but by changing how the team did...
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