Current Issues

Communication and Persuasion

Organizational and Strategic Challenges

Leading successfully during economic downturns, company setbacks, and periods of stagnation is a balancing act. This engagement will help you think through how to implement cost containment and other fiscally prudent measures while you also maintain momentum on long-term strategic objectives, explore new market opportunities, and maintain a talented and motivated workforce.

Leading with Courage and Integrity

While many organizations and executives are committed to the concepts of courage and integrity, the distractions of the day-to-day workplace can erode focus on these commitments. This engagement helps you ensure that courage and integrity are well-integrated in both your leadership style and your team.

Implementing the ideas and initiatives that ensure a successful company, first requires the support of constituencies as diverse as management
peers, the Board and CEO and employees at large. In this engagement, you master the skills needed to persuasively steer an idea or initiative from its birth through its execution, despite the many challenges along the way.

Motivating Others to Follow

Have you ever experienced the feeling that you are not so much leading
but dragging your organization behind you? If so, it can be a huge drain on your
time and energy and can divert your focus from other important
objectives. This engagement will help you to reverse this dynamic so that your team is self-motivated and energized.

Speaking on Behalf of the Company

Senior executives often find that they must speak on behalf of the
company to key constituencies, either internally or externally.This engagement prepares you to handle this responsibility with ease and confidence, even when your primary responsibility is not public speaking.

It’s a rare executive who isn’t hired, promoted or appointed to a substantially new role or company in his or her career. This engagement helps you to focus on mastering the substance of your new role without overlooking such critical factors as speed and the balancing of multiple objectives.

Leading a High Value Functional Department

Functional departments such as HR and Legal can sometimes find it
difficult to be accepted as full-fledged strategic partners by other
parts of the business. This engagement helps you to deliver exceptional business value and earn your seat at the table, even when constrained by such factors as skepticism and tight budgets.

Growing Your Strategic Capability

As talented executives rise through organizations, they are increasingly
expected to contribute to thinking on strategic issues. This engagement helps you to grow this ability and earn credit for your contributions, even when your reputation to date has been built on tactical excellence.