I spoke with an executive team in the midst of reorganizing their company structure in favor of more cross-functional teams. Previously, their marketing, sales and product development teams operated within silos. (Moving to smaller teams with multi-departmental representation is an increasingly common pivot in today’s business environment, which requires faster communication and decision-making.) But when… Continue reading The Devil You Know — Why Even Good Re-Org Plans Don’t Succeed
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
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
