When leaders declare "no politics here," they aren't eliminating politics. They're making them unspeakable, and that silence ...

Over the holidays I asked a family member, who runs a 500-person organization, “How’s business?” The clarity and intensity of his response surprised me. “I’m done managing offices—we’re going 100% ...

Leaders tend to ignore clear warning signs of cultural dysfunction. In advising senior executives, I’ve noticed a fascinating and troubling pattern: Despite acknowledging the well documented benefits ...

People come together and join forces for a reason. To achieve the purpose effectively and efficiently, they create an organization. The sum total of those individuals' shared beliefs, norms, attitudes ...

Organizational culture is often described as “the way we do things around here.” But, in reality, culture is more than just behaviors. It’s the deeply embedded beliefs, values, and assumptions that ...

This cookie exercise, first shown to me by leadership consultant Margaret Wheatley at a workshop, is an excellent (and delectable) demonstration of the emergent properties of a system: The whole has ...

“It didn’t take me long to realize that my new company had a toxic organizational culture. Everyone only looked out for themselves, and tried to sabotage everyone else” — newly hired program manager ...

Informal sponsorship and social event networking are equally as important as formal training programs and mentorships.

A few weeks ago, I found myself in conversation with a former colleague, an engineer of rare brilliance, once a standout performer at a premier financial institution. Though he had since charted a new ...