Perspectives on leadership, alignment, and what matters most.
INSIGHTS
A growing library of articles drawn from forty years of working alongside leaders during the moments that most shape an organization. Each one is short enough to read in a sitting and substantive enough to return to. Articles are organized into four areas of practice.
EXPLORE BY TOPIC
01. The Loneliest Job in the Organization — Why Every CEO Needs a Trusted Sounding Board
02. The Weight of the Decision — What CEOs Do When There Is No Clear Answer
03. The Questions CEOs Rarely Ask Out Loud — The Conversations That Often Matter Most
04. Why Smart CEOs Make Better Decisions Together — The Value of Perspective
05. The Power of Strategic Thinking Time — Why CEOs Must Create Space to Think
CEO and President Advisory
For CEOs and Presidents navigating consequential decisions, leadership pressure, and the need for trusted perspective.
Executive Leadership Team Effectiveness
For senior teams building stronger trust, communication, alignment, accountability, and the ability to execute together.
01. The CEO’s Most Important Relationship — The Executive Leadership Team
02. Why Executive Leadership Teams Become Misaligned
03. Building Trust Inside the Executive Leadership Team
04. Alignment Is Not Agreement — What High-Performing Leadership Teams Understand
05. When Leadership Teams Stop Talking — Early Warning Signs of Organizational Trouble
06. The Hidden Cost of Leadership Team Dysfunction
07. Five Conversations Every Executive Leadership Team Should Have Annually
08. Why Strategic Planning Fails — And What Executive Teams Can Do Differently
Leadership Transitions & New CEO Integration
For organizations navigating new CEOs, executive onboarding, succession, and leadership team change.
Executive Offsites & Leadership Retreats
For CEOs, Presidents, CHROs, Board Chairs, and Chiefs of Staff planning executive offsites, leadership retreats, board retreats, or leadership summits.
See how I facilitate executive offsites→
Before you engage anyone: How to Choose an Executive Offsite Facilitator→
On choosing the room: Why the Room Decides What Your Executive Offsite Can Accomplish→
On what this costs: What Executive Offsite Facilitation Actually Costs→
01. Why Some Executive Offsites Change Leadership Teams — and Most Don’t
02. The CEO’s Hidden Opportunity — Why Great Leaders Step Out of the Facilitator’s Role
03. The Wrong Facilitator Costs More Than the Fee
04. The Work Before the Work — What Has to Happen Before an Executive Offsite Is Worth Holding
05. Reading the Room — What an Executive Offsite Reveals About Your Team
06. What Happens After — Why Great Executive Retreats Don’t End When Everyone Leaves
If any of these articles touches on something you are sitting with — a transition, a team dynamic, a decision you are weighing — I would be glad to have a confidential conversation.
Conversations are confidential and carry no obligation.