The question is, "How are you using your resources to address and develop strategies?" How are you using your resources to address and develop strategies to come up with short- and long-term solutions ...

Nonprofit organizations and foundations suffer from a critical lack of leadership. The top executives of too many organizations lack vision, courage, a collaborative instinct, and intellectual rigor.

Leadership isn’t just about vision or charisma—it’s about navigating complexity, decoding resistance, and making decisions when the stakes are high and the answers aren’t obvious. Katie Best, author ...

Companies lose their best people not because of compensation or competitors, but because of a failure to develop leaders intentionally.

Start with trust and end with speed. When it comes to solving complicated problems, the default for many organizational leaders is to take their time to work through the issues at hand. Unfortunately, ...

Our lives are judged by the cumulative results of the decisions we make. Decisions are choices. Choices have consequences. Too often the pros and cons of each choice are not weighed. Effective problem ...

I spoke to the employees at a company that has a glowing reputation. As I explained how problem-solving is the quickest way to earn influence in an organization, it sparked a heated conversation that ...

When my son was a baby, I swore I’d never let him watch PAW Patrol. At the time, I thought of it as the kind of TV show I didn’t want my child to become obsessed with: noisy and overstimulating. But ...

How ChatGPT and the Six-Hat Method Present a Powerful Framework for Effective Problem-Solving The unique power that ChatGPT offers empowers the six thinking hats. The six hats, conversely, create a ...

Many leaders default to quick fixes — but some problems can’t be solved, only led. Here’s how to spot the difference and stop wasting time, energy and trust. Not all problems need quick fixes — some ...