Transition Tips
- By Jane Halford
Recently, I was preparing to teach a governance course on board performance. I found many articles making the case for diversity on boards, but what I didn’t find easily is anything answering my...
- By Jane Halford
2020 taught all of us important lessons. For your organization, one of those is to better prepare for unexpected absences or departures of your leaders. We all have known people who were quarantined...
-By Sophie Pinkoski
As a new leader, it’s critical to understand the fundamentals of your organization. Although you studied them during the recruitment process, do you know their history and current context?
...-By Jane Halford
The pandemic continues to challenge our organizations and all of us as individuals. If you or anyone you care about needs a fresh perspective on what they are experiencing, here’s a model from...
-By Sophie Pinkoski
Every organization has its own unique team culture naturally built out of its members’ shared values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours in their aim to achieve a common goal. As you arrive...
-By Jane Halford
March 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic being declared. As I have reflected on this milestone, I have considered who I have become in the past 12 months and what, if anything, I...
-By Jane Halford
Tag—you’re it! That’s how it feels as a board member when you hear that the organization’s CEO is leaving their role. Even if you anticipated the news, you still don’t want to...
-By Sophie Pinkoski
Did you know that studies have found global executives attribute 45% of their company’s reputation to that of their CEO?
"It’s becoming more and more crucial for CEOs to define their...
-By Sophie Pinkoski
When we talk about grief, it’s generally in the context of death. But other, less permanent secondary losses can also trigger unexpected feelings of grief. One such momentous change may be seeing...