Change is the new normal. Your job as a leader is to help your organization adapt.
Delivering the resources that leaders and organizations need to succeed
Training
powerful, practical skill building workshops
Coaching
guiding leaders to mobilize their resources and reach their goals
Facilitation
constructive dialogue, key decision making, and wise planning
Mediation
turning leaders and managers into peacemakers who can unify the organization
Consulting
orienting leaders and governing boards to approach change and challenges with wisdom and creativity
Speaking
providing new perspective and practical ideas for organizations on change, decision making, conflict, collaboration, and wise planning
The challenge of organizational change is ongoing. For the past 15 years, Mark Bennett has worked with us to improve the Values in Action approach to serve as our ‘gold standard’ for decision making within our organization.
Critical Decision Making – Part 3: Shape WISE CONSENSUS
Why Consensus Matters Now The pandemic and its possible consequences will continue to present large shock waves of change that rock all sectors (large and small businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies). There is no immunity. The organizations that survive in a transformed landscape of new risks, challenges, and opportunities will be those with leaders who […]
Critical Decision Making – Calmness, Clarity, Conviction, Courage, Part 2
‘Download’ a DPS (Decision Positioning System), a compass to navigate difficult situations During the pandemic crisis and the aftershocks of possible economic and social challenges, businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, and communities will face difficult choices. In a difficult time, it is important to move forward together. A shared decision-making process fosters clear thinking, increases creativity, […]
Critical Decision Making Part 1 – Calmness, Clarity, Courage
(This is the first in a weekly series to support leaders and organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. Share this with your leadership team or decision-making group to shape the path to better decisions.) Best wishes, MDB) A Sound Decision-making Process Is a ‘Life Preserver’ This pandemic and the aftermath will likely present a […]
Building Bridges of Understanding in Polarized Teams, Organizations, and Communities
The World Ahead In 2007, I had a unique opportunity to sit in a small group for two days and observe one of the world’s leading futurists paint a picture of the year 2025. We are more than halfway there and I see the wisdom of his vision of the trends and emerging realities of our […]
Leaders, Managers, and the Right Thing
Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things. Peter Drucker, Leading authority on organizations Every organization’s leadership team has the continuing opportunity and challenge to: organize the business, nonprofit, or agency for learning, facilitate the aligned contributions of employees and volunteers, and be a beacon of conviction, clarity, and confidence that guides […]
Leadership and Integrity: the Healthy Heart of the Organization
An organization that never had a non-white employee was sued for racial discrimination and ordered to hire three African-American men who had been rejected as applicants. Although now employed with a fair salary, the collective hostility of the existing employees toward the three men resulted in the silent treatment to shun them. Except for minimal […]
Leadership and Organizational Transformation
Organizational culture eats strategy for breakfast. ~ Peter Drucker, Leading Authority on Organizational Development When I picked up a copy of Fast Company last month for some airplane reading, I became completely captivated by the unfolding story of a first-time CEO boldly leading a radical transformation of one of the 21st century’s largest technology organizations, […]
Beyond Collaboration: the Generative Force of UNITY
Collective Impact. Return on Investment. Search for Excellence. Wisdom of Teams. Moving from Good to Great. Creative Collaboration. Now, more than ever, the critical importance of working well together is ‘in the air.’ No matter the sector (private, nonprofit, or public) organization leaders recognize they must focus on value and how to generate it. And […]
Change Ahead! Turn on the ‘GPS’.
In the Wizard of Oz, after a tornado swept Dorothy into a different time and place, she looked around and said to her little dog, “Toto, we are not in Kansas anymore.” Last week, I had a ‘not in Kansas anymore experience.’ I was standing in front of a camera and a large video screen […]
Leading a Resilient Organization Culture
In newsletter #10, I made the case for resilience as the critical characteristic of an organization that can navigate the cascading waves of change in this globally interconnected, technologically intense reality. Leaders need a framework to guide clear thinking and timely action to develop this capacity. In business, when a new company enters a market […]