by Nick Anderson | Oct 7, 2021 | Change Management
Introduction For 40 Years few have challenged Matrix Management’s viability. Most writers remain convinced that a matrix approach is superior to a hierarchy, but why hasn’t it been more successful? This blog looks at pointing the reader to answer: How do...
by Mary Wong | Apr 3, 2019 | Nick's Blog
by Mike Shultz, President, RAIN Group If you have 40 items on your list marked as priorities, you might as well have none. In our latest Extreme Productivity Benchmark Report, we found that “The Extremely Productive” are 5.3 times more likely to prune...
by Nick Anderson | Jun 10, 2016 | Leadership
Undoubtedly the Speed of Change means many leaders will have to absorb great adversity while staying true to their intent and retaining cohesion. This underscores the criticality of moral qualities and shared values. So, who do you look for to meet this challenge?...
by Nick Anderson | Jun 1, 2016 | Alignment, Change Management, Focusing Change To Win, Leadership
Based on our survey of over 1000 business leaders in 80 countries from 19 industry sectors, leadership skills that focus change to win are at a premium. Today, change is the norm. It is neither random nor regular but hovers somewhere in between. How these...
by Nick Anderson | May 4, 2016 | Alignment, Change Management, Consulting, Getting People on the Same Page, Leadership, Project Management, Sales Effectiveness
You would think that as leaders grow, their people would grow. Unfortunately, the opposite is often true. Leader’s growth leads to separation and misalignment with their people which leads reduced organizational cohesion. This is especially true when leaders implement...