Getting Around False Alignment in a Changing World
8+ years of our research with the University of Denver proves it: agreement is not alignment. "Yes, I agree" is often unexpressed concern, not commitment.
Category Leadership
Nobody Wants to Be a Jerk
Nobody grows up wanting to be a jerk at work. So why do good people disengage, or turn on their own team? It's rarely their character. It's their environment. We all want to be great. But great was never supposed to cost people their joy, their family time, their lives. There's a fine line between leading people to give their all and quietly draining them dry.
Are you playing Tetris with your capacity?
Every leader is losing the same game of Tetris. The calendar fills, the blocks fall faster, and stacking harder never wins it. Capacity was never a willpower question. It's a tools question.
The Most Inspiring Person in Your Company
For 30 years, organizations have sold inspiration as a leadership trait. The 2026 data rewrites that.
Coaching As A Leadership Competency
"I've done every leadership assessment out there. This one blew me away."
The Missing Ingredient In Psychological Safety
Change initiatives usually tell people why the organization needs to move. Transformational leaders ask a different question. Learn what it is, and why it changes everything.
Can You ‘Inspire’ Your Way Through This?
Most change efforts stall not because the plan was wrong, but because people didn't feel safe enough to move. Here's what leaders miss.
“Who’s Got This?” The Cost of Role Ambiguity in Leadership Teams
Discover how role ambiguity in leadership slows decisions, duplicates effort, and creates orphaned work, and what to do about it.
The Wrong Question in Your Technology
Leadership teams ask the wrong question of new technology. Here's the right one, and what changes for your team when you start asking it.
Trust Without Accountability Is Just Polite Dysfunction
'Nice' without accountability isn't part of workplace culture. It's what happens when leaders choose comfort over clarity.