In this episode, Keith is joined by good friend and colleague Bill Weingartner. Together they interview Len Finkle, CEO of Profisee - the fastest growing master data management company in the world. Len shares about the focus, resilience and consistency that it has taken in order to achieve growth, profitability and heightened employee engagement.

James and Keith are kicking off a new series all about Organizational Health Transformation. You'll hear stories of transformation from leaders and executives who have put in the work. It's more than just training, offsites, coaching or consulting - we’re going for Transformation!

An exec team that is clear and aligned regarding company values and priorities needs a plan for going deeper with clarity. Exactly how to go about this is a nuanced question, and depends on whether the focus is at the Team Level vs. the Org Level. Listen in for specific advice regarding what to do if your leader hasn’t done the work, as well as a word of warning about the danger of a Matrixed Organization.

Hands down, small executive teams have a significant competitive advantage over big ones! Yet - so many leaders opt for larger teams for reasons that make sense, but don’t hold up under scrutiny. Small teams make faster, better decisions and can execute faster than big ones.

In this episode we unpack the base of our Five Dysfunctions pyramid - Trust. How to build it, how to lose it, the benefits of having it and the dangers of lacking it. We explore courage and risk; even when to know whether you can and should trust someone. We end with the charge that slowing down to build trust is the best way to accelerate performance.

In this episode Keith & James explore the meaning of POWER in leadership. Power to do good, to influence, to shape, to solve, to move. We explore an old theory of leadership from researchers French & Raven (1959), called the Five Bases of Power and the implication of their insights for leaders who want to build followership today.

When we change even one member of a team, it becomes a whole new team. Most leaders fail to recognize the impact of bringing a new member onto the executive team. As such, we may overlook the importance of building trust and re-establishing “rules of engagement” that guide our behaviors. And this failure will certainly lead to disappointing results. Email us for a simple “New Leader Assimilation Guide" as our way of saying thanks for listening!

Every team needs to periodically set aside big blocks of relatively unstructured time to talk frankly about the needs and opportunities of the business. In this episode we do a deep dive into the magic of an executive team offsite and what leaders can do to maximize it’s impact. We’ll address some common misses when planning an offsite -- and why some leaders might choose to avoid them altogether -- to their detriment.