The Power of Clarity: How Clear Communication Fuels Effective Leadership
When leadership messaging is vague or ambiguous, it impedes effectiveness. The best leaders know how to articulate strategy clearly and fuel strong decision making.
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The Ultimate Guide to Product Management vs. Product Marketing: Who Does What?
This blog dives into the distinct roles and overlapping responsibilities of Product Management and Product Marketing. Utilizing a detailed Venn diagram, we explore how these two crucial roles in any organization collaborate to drive product success from inception to market launch.
How to Measure, Track and Improve Organizational Health
This blog delves into the often-overlooked but critical area of organizational health. Learn why traditional business metrics give an incomplete picture, how to recognize symptoms of an unhealthy organization, and why startups can’t afford to ignore this. Explore the key disciplines for building health and the metrics that should populate your organizational health dashboard. This is your guide to quantifying, tracking, and improving the vitality of your organization.
The Heart of Courageous Leadership: Doing the Right Things, Not Just Doing Things Right
Leadership is not about doing everything right but about doing the right things. This blog delves into the importance of prioritizing your top 20% talent, the dangers of focusing on the bottom 20%, and why aligning activity with impact is crucial for transformative leadership.
Navigating the Glass Cliff: Why Women Often Take On High-Stakes Turnarounds and Clean-Up Jobs in Business
“Explore the ‘Glass Cliff’ phenomenon, where women are appointed to high-risk leadership roles, often tasked with turning around failing businesses. Find out why this happens so often and how it perpetuates gender imbalances in the corporate world.”
The SaaS Transformation Blueprint: The Four Pillars Behind Microsoft 365’s Consumer Subscription Renaissance
Discover how Microsoft 365’s consumer subscription business underwent a seismic transformation, pivoting from a plateauing enterprise-focused model to a thriving, user-centric ecosystem. This case study reveals the four foundational pillars that revitalized the business and provides a blueprint for achieving synchronized team efforts, human-centered design, a culture of innovation, and sustainable growth.
Promoting a Culture of Innovation and Creativity in Your Organization
Delve into the heart of fostering a robust culture of innovation and creativity in your organization. Drawing inspiration from both tech giants and modern startups, discover actionable strategies that can redefine your company’s innovative trajectory.
Symphony of Labor, Melody of Rest
As we strive to achieve and shape our world, let’s not forget the rejuvenating power of rest. Much like a symphony that breathes in its pauses, our lives need moments of stillness to uncover the melodious tune of wellness. This isn’t just an aimless appeal—it’s a reminder to all, especially leaders, to value time apart from work. The silence between life’s resonant notes is what gives our personal and professional journey its soul. Therefore, let’s celebrate and harness the melody of rest in the grand symphony of labor.
Bullshit and Its Asymmetry: Unpacking Brandolini’s Law in Our Digital World and at Work
Delve into the world of Brandolini’s Law – the theory that the energy required to refute ‘bullshit’ is exponentially larger than it is to create it. Uncover the impact of this principle on our digital lives, its manifestation in the workplace, and learn strategies to combat the spread of misinformation.
A Lament for Progress: The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action
In a pivotal ruling, the Supreme Court has made a decision that could dramatically alter the landscape of higher education and diversity in the United States. What does this mean for the future of affirmative action, representation, and diversity in our nation?
