Separate People From Their Ideas
That’s one of three keys to building a culture in which employees are unafraid to challenge management’s long-held assumptions.
View ArticleHow Do Rock Star Employees Impact Healthy Teams?
There’s the good. There’s the bad. And there’s no one-size-fits-all approach for minimizing the headaches.
View ArticleLet Them Eat Candy
The secret to a more productive, creative, and flexible workforce? M&Ms, thank-you cards, and whatever else makes them smile.
View ArticleWhat’s the Most Important Predictor of Success for Your Company?
It’s how many people answer “yes” to one simple question.
View ArticleCan’t We All Not Get Along? 5 Rules for Healthy Conflict
Sometimes it’s helpful to bring in an outsider to help with this. They should do nothing but listen. Then, ask for their impressions — not recommendations.
View Article4 Steps to Stronger Teams
How to create a better dynamic within your team that will ultimately help the team be more productive, efficient, and capable of adding more value.
View ArticleWhy Organizational Health Matters
Building a healthy organization benefits your bottom line. But, what's more, it can "give people a sense of hope in a world of work that's often filled with cynicism and hopelessness."
View ArticleHow Do You Quantify Organizational Health?
Think organizational health is a touchy-feely metric useful only to consultants? Wrong. Healthy companies breed happy employees who remain loyal and productive. And that translates into real cost savings.
View ArticleCase Studies in Organizational Health: Why Thematic Goals Matter
What's a corporate rallying cry? It's the permission to set priorities and to say "No" when it matters most.
View ArticleCEO Video Series: 6 Questions for Organizational Clarity
Gather your executive team members. Sit them down. And pose these six questions. If the answers aren't identical, you've got a problem with organizational clarity.
View ArticleCEO Video Series: How Lack of Conflict Will Kill Your Company
Conflict isn't mean. It's healthy — and essential for fast-growing companies hell-bent on innovation. In this video, the second installment in a special leadership series, Patrick Lencioni explains why.
View ArticleCEO Video Series: 4 Steps To a Healthy Organization
"Get rid of the politics, confusion, and dysfunction first. Only then can you tap in to all the intelligence in your organization."
View ArticleThe Good Fight: How to Grow Healthy Companies Through Conflict
Consensus is a four-letter word. Disagreeing with you is a sign that I trust you.
View ArticleCompliance Isn’t Good Enough: Building Buy-In Through Trust
How can leaders improve organizational health? By exposing their own weaknesses within a company culture built on trust, not judgment.
View ArticleCultural Health, or Strategic Smarts?
Your greatest strategic investment may well be your people. Here's why.
View ArticleThe Secret Reason Companies Ignore Their Organizational Health
All organizations work at being smart. Few work at being healthy -- despite the possibly overwhelming competitive advantage that it might supply. Why not?
View ArticleWhat Successful People Know About Team Building
5 team building tips that any organization can use.
View ArticleGood Meetings: The Death-by-Meetings Quiz
Do your meetings end without resolution of critical issues? Are team members holding back? Are important debates cut short?
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