Much like the military, both vision and strategy are necessary for organizational success.

Don’t Let a Weak Strategy Undermine Your Organization’s Vision

In business as in the military, both a clear vision and effective strategy are necessary for success. Explore the differences between vision and strategy and learn how to maximize them to set your organization apart.

Overcome organizational silos with linking mechanisms

Dueling Departments? Overcome Organizational Silos with Linking Mechanisms

Does your organization have departments that always seem to be at war? Learn how to use linking mechanism to eliminate organizational silos and enable the success of your company’s strategy.

Corporate foresight is a necessity for lasting organizational transformation.

Corporate Foresight: A Necessity for Lasting Organization Transformation

Corporate foresight provides clarity for strategy, helps with aligning organizational choices, and guides in building the right capabilities for your organization.

Organization design team enjoying a differentiating employee experience.

Beyond Free Lunch: Competing for a Differentiating Employee Experience

Today’s employees care greatly about the quality of the work environment. Your organizing choices should include consideration of how to create and maintain a thriving workforce.

Managing Trade-Offs: Good, Better and Best!

Managing Trade-Offs: Good, Better and Best!

When resources are limited, how can you manage the necessary trade-offs? Understanding trade-offs and innovating around them to create new ways to deliver value can help your organization thrive.

The FallacyKnow when to pull the plug on sunk costs in an organization

The Fallacy of Sunk Costs: Knowing When to Pull the Plug

It is human nature to cling to an idea or project in which we’ve invested a significant amount of time, even when it’s clear that it is no longer working. How does this translate to the world of organization design?

Teams sometimes struggle with the principle of commonality

Does Your Team Share the 3 Key Principles of Commonality?

Through creating a common understanding, common language, and a common operating picture, you can create the organizational commonality that will help your business achieve its desired results.

Identify your personal warning lights to increase resiliency

Increasing Resiliency: How to Identify & Resolve Personal Warning Lights

If 2020 has left you feeling depleted of your normal energy and vitality, here are four ways to recharge your battery to provide the resiliency needed to lead your organization into 2021.

Learning from the 2020 roller coaster ride

Learning From the 2020 Roller Coaster: 5 Ways to “Buckle In” for 2021

While the year 2020 taught business leaders the true meaning of uncertainty, the lessons learned through those challenging experiences can enable new strategies. Here are five considerations that may impact your organization’s ability to thrive in 2021.

Effective change leadership requires decisiveness

In Praise of Decisiveness: Change Leadership Techniques to Conquer Indecision

Many executives struggle with making decisions in their business leadership roles. Consider these four questions when faced with a significant decision.