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March 1, 2021

You Cannot Win in 2021 with a 1947 Hierarchical Organizational Structure

Elegant and Efficient In 1947, on the heels of the Allies’ victory, Max Weber, a German sociologist, gave birth to the modern hierarchical organizational structure. Borrowed from the military, this paradigm would lead the United States and other capitalist countries into an age of productivity that the world had never seen.   A hierarchical organizational structure … Read More

Category iconOrganizational Structure

February 17, 2021

The Fall of Trust

Stephen M. R. Covey claimed in his book, The Speed of Trust, that trust is “the one thing that changes everything” – if removed, it can destroy the most thriving economy, the most powerful government, the most successful business, and the most influential leadership. Business Replaced Government as Most Trusted Institution  For 20 years, Edelman … Read More

Category iconLeadership development,  Talent Development,  Trust

January 17, 2021

The Core of a True Leader

In the hope of figuring out how to treat families, one of the most innovative and iconoclastic psychologists, Murray Bowen, discovered the core of a leader a decade before anyone mentioned emotional intelligence. As technology has given us greater access to how the brain functions, scientists have found even more support for this theory.  In … Read More

Category iconLeadership development,  Talent Development

January 8, 2021

Heroes Cannot be Leaders

–While in the role of a hero, one cannot be a leader; while in the role of a leader, one makes heroes of others.– In a society where leaders and heroes are revered, the above statement may startle you. However, the term heroic leader is an oxymoron. In 2020, the Philadelphia newspapers referred to football … Read More

Category iconLeadership development,  Talent Development

December 5, 2020

Are High Scores of Self- Deception on Pre-Hire Assessments More Common Among Young People?

Are your Twenty-Something Employees Full of $%^& I received a call from a client asking if there was something wrong with PsybilⓇ, our assessment system. He had just assessed a set of candidates and 7 of the 8 had self-deception scores higher than the 80th percentile. After making sure our system was working, I called … Read More

Category iconHiring,  Leadership development

November 8, 2020

Solve Problems, Make Inspired Decisions by Understanding your Thinking Biases

It’s astonishing how many smart business leaders struggle with solving problems. We don’t mean these leaders are indecisive or complacent — far from it. In fact, in some cases, leaders make decisions too quickly, with an incomplete data set and/or inaccurate assumptions; in other cases they hesitate to decide, lacking a clear decision-making process. Just … Read More

Category iconDecision making,  Leadership development

October 28, 2020

How Unconscious Bias Creates a Conflict of Interest

The Unintentionally Unethical and Biased Employee — I believe that most people try to do the right thing most of the time. If they make a commitment, they try to keep it. When they have to choose between an organization’s best interests and their own, they often err in favor of the organization. We see … Read More

Category iconDecision making,  Executive Coaching,  Leadership development

October 18, 2020

Achievement Drive: The Leader’s Guilty Secret

With a cumulative 100 years or so of assessment, coaching, and consulting under our belts, we have discovered that nearly every executive-level leader carries with them a “guilty secret.” Sounds juicy, doesn’t it? In the news over the past few years, some have been found to have purchased millions of dollars of art through their … Read More

Category iconExecutive Coaching,  Leadership development

October 10, 2020

Selecting the Right Organizational Consulting Partner

Years ago, as a senior consultant in a blue chip consultancy, I witnessed one of the most revealing conversations between my firm’s senior partner and our client, the SVP of HR for a high profile aerospace manufacturer. My firm was billing the client roughly $11M a year. The client was in complete disarray, with a … Read More

Category iconChange Management,  Organizational Culture,  Organizational Structure

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