What’s In Your Culture Playbook?

What’s In Your Culture Playbook?

People tell me all the time that culture change is hard. And while it may be hard work, I will tell you right now—it’s not as hard as you think. When we do our culture consulting, we help clients come up with a clear set of culture priorities for aligning their...
Why Do People Resist Change?

Why Do People Resist Change?

Sorry for the bait and switch, but that’s actually the wrong question. People don’t resist change. They resist doing things they think are stupid. They resist doing things that go against their own interests. And here’s the big one: they resist doing things that don’t...
Beware the Dark Side of Success

Beware the Dark Side of Success

I was debriefing some internal culture data with a client, and the CEO opened the conversation with his other senior leaders by referencing a book that Marshall Goldsmith wrote a few years ago: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Goldsmith’s book is focused on...
Introducing WorkXO

Introducing WorkXO

So we’ve already been mentioning it here and there over the last several weeks, but I want to officially announce that Maddie Grant and I are joining forces with HR superstar Charlie Judy to form a new consulting company, WorkXO. Here’s our vision and...
Jamie Notter