Organization Performance Partners

There's a key reason transformation efforts often stall or sub-optimize despite genuine commitment and significant investment. In my experience, the challenge usually begins earlier in the effort — not in execution, but in diagnosis. After working with dozens of organizations across industries, I've found that virtually every transformation challenge falls into one of five fundamental types. Each has its own character, its own drivers, and its own navigation approach. Each

Everyone has heard it said: "That place is so political." It's usually said with a mix of frustration and resignation — as if politics were an inevitable feature of organizational life; something you endure, not something you solve. But what if most of what we call office politics is actually a symptom of how an organization is designed? What We Really Mean When We Say "Political" Office politics is the use of informal influence — rather than formal authority, merit, or p

I’ve seen and built many models; sometimes they create a lot of value and benefit, and sometimes they sit on the shelf relatively...

Next year will mark the 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment to the Constitution giving women the right to vote. Two weeks ago, author Elaine Weiss was at the Harvard Book Store giving a talk on her book, The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote. She outlined the amazing story of how this debate unfolded over several decades, with a handful of countries (i.e., England, Finland, Norway, Denmark, New Zealand, Australia, Iceland) starting the wave around 1916, culminatin

I’ve enjoyed watching classic mob movies. Once you get passed the glorification of violence, the good ones are full of brilliant acting,...

Politicians are responsible for addressing complex issues – challenges that are multi-faceted and involve making tough trade-off...

In the past 18 months I have helped three companies install new Sales models. The work included stepping back and articulating market changes that were impacting sales/renewals, outlining the current sales motions and operating models, outlining future-state models that will close gaps and better drive sales outcomes, clarifying the roles and infrastructure necessary to execute the new models, and building capability and success profiles that serve as the foundation for talen

I suppose it’s a guilty pleasure, but Shark Tank is a great entrepreneur/business television show that teaches lots of lessons. My wife...

Competency models have been around for a long time; I was lucky enough to start my career studying and working with David McClelland, and...