By Kari Granger Major General Phillip Sheridan, the man tasked with forcing Native Americans off the Great Plains and onto reservations in the 1860s and ’70s, knew the indigenous people’s lives and civilization revolved around the buffalo. His strategy—exterminate the bison first—ended their traditional way of living in about a couple of decades.1 Plenty Coups,… Continue reading Future of Work: Augmentation & Human Connection as Competitive Advantages
By Kari Granger (with some AI Collaboration) Why did I start thinking about Neanderthals after attending one of the most technologically advanced conferences on the planet? I walked away from last month’s SingularityU’s Executive Program profoundly moved and truly transformed. Now my daily news feed is flooded with all things AI, quantum, and exponential. I’m… Continue reading Introducing Leaders to Our New Non-Human Peer
Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Kari Granger. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation; we’ve shared it below. Hi Kari, thanks for joining us today. To kick things off, we’d love to hear about things you or your brand do that diverge from the industry standard. In my 25… Continue reading CanvasRebel Magazine Feature: Meet Kari Granger
I recently met with the founder and CEO of a real estate development company. She described the explosive growth her firm had enjoyed over the past several years, and how her team had been called on to rise to the occasion and step up in their roles through the growing pains. “But you know, through… Continue reading Culture: You Can’t Buy It. You Have to Earn It
A couple months ago I facilitated a roundtable discussion with an intimate group of CEOs of primarily publicly traded companies. Our dialogue focused on the importance of cultural integration for realizing the value of M&A deals. Each one of the CEOs had served in the M&A trenches, some with billion-dollar acquisitions under their belt. Each… Continue reading Making an Ass Out of “U” and “Me”
Presented by: TGN Consulting Based on Interviews Conducted by: Kari Granger, Ilene Fischer, Noey Jacobson, Diana Ajzen, Maria Hincapie What We Wanted to Find Out In the whirlwind of the past year, organizations have transitioned to varying degrees: several have experienced outright chaos, many have experienced genuine disruption, most have experienced some uncertainty, but nearly… Continue reading Meeting the Current Leadership Moment: In Executives’ Words
The numerous physical and emotional benefits of gratitude are well-documented. In particular, researchers like Robert Emmons and Martin Seligman have demonstrated the link between gratitude and happiness. That link makes intuitive sense. As the saying goes, “you are what you pay attention to.“ If you’re focused on and grateful for the blessings in your life,… Continue reading Creating a Culture of Gratitude for Your Stakeholders
Distrust often starts innocuously enough. A bit of gossip. A smidge of dissent. But as the saying goes, “When it rains, it pours.” Before you know it, a snowball effect takes hold, and the whole organization can easily become engulfed in cynicism, antagonism, and territorial bickering. In this episode, Kari and Paul discuss how… Continue reading How Cultures Spiral Out of Control
Written by: Kari Granger, Doug Hanover Originally published on Ivey Business Journal. Issues: January / February 2012, A leader’s job is to create contexts that will allow followers to adopt new perspectives on the challenges they face, and therefore, new actions that lead to higher levels of performance. The observations offered by this author will be… Continue reading Transformational Performance-Based Leadership: Addressing Non-Routine Adaptive Challenges
Written by: Kari Granger Originally Published in The Journal of The Conference for Global Transformation, Vol 11 (1), May 2011 Best Paper Award Abstract The propensity of principal ownership for a leader’s vision can serve as a limit to the successful realization of that vision. While early on it may be effective to relate to… Continue reading Taking the “My” out of “My Promise”
