Marina Gorbis's Blog, page 20

How to Respond When a Big Decision Provokes Backlash

Five steps leaders can take to get employees on board and keep moving forward.

Lessons from U.S. Army Special Ops on Becoming a Leader

How to cultivate initiative, emotional confidence, imagination, and strategic vision.

How to Bring More Rigor to Your Long-Term Thinking

A conversation with designer and author Nick Foster about how to face the unknown.

Atlassian Anchors Remote Flexibility in Structured Daily Practices

Like giving employees access to a searchable database of every meeting and decision.

How to Sync Your Budget with a Strategic Plan

Aligning the two makes your strategy actionable and helps executives stop talking past each other.

Building Employee Buy-In for Strategic Change

Make the change relevant to their work—not just the company’s goals.

Boards Can Continue to Lead the Way on Climate Governance

How to pursue a proactive stance in an era of heightened scrutiny.

Is Your Leadership Too Reactive?

Senior executives have to deal with a constant stream of what seem like urgent challenges. But it’s not always clear when they need to jump in.

Your Company Needs to Focus on Fewer Projects. Here’s How.

Success comes not from starting more, but from stopping what no longer creates value.

New Research Debunks a Common Criticism of Pay Transparency

Employees develop beliefs about what their colleagues are paid whether or not a company discloses salary information.