Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 20, 2021

New Books on Leadership and Change. Earlier this year, we shared a list of 31 books on leadership and change. He defines the six unwritten rules they seem to follow for using their digital platforms, ecosystems, moneymaking models, team-based structures, and leadership with a laser-sharp focus on the individual’s customer experience.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 14, 2023

Have You ever Had to Acclimate Someone New to Your Leadership Team? Any time you add a new member to any team, but especially a senior leadership team , the interpersonal dynamics and team’s forward momentum can be affected. Ask about what they like to do both personally and professionally and share your own leadership story.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 6, 2022

Where Corporate Culture Fits For some, workplace culture can be overwhelming. Savvy business leaders understand the importance of culture in terms of business performance and employee engagement. To create an effective foundation, you need to know how to shape your corporate culture.

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LSA Global

MARCH 4, 2023

Consistency of Your Corporate Culture We know from assessing organizational cultures that the way people think, behave, and work can either help or hurt your business and people strategies. In terms of business and people performance, the importance of workplace culture cannot be underestimated.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The ability to improve company direction and purpose is also at the heart of creating organizational alignment where the three pillars of an organization (strategy, culture, and talent) come together to create higher individual, team, and organizational performance. The good news is that alignment is worth it. to-1, and engage employees 16.8-to-1.

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2023

But our organizational alignment research found that the majority of companies do not demonstrate enough strategic speed to meet their own growth goals. What did surprise us was the difference in how fast some companies move from leadership strategy discussions to collective strategic actions in a way that people agree with.

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LSA Global

MARCH 25, 2024

To us, a culture of accountability means doing what you say you will do regardless of what is going on around you. We know from organizational culture assessment data that companies that struggle implementing a cadence of accountability at work do not execute their strategies in a way that makes sense to their people or the business.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2023

The CEO’s Best Tool for Success – A High Performing Leadership Team To thrive, organizations must be agile enough to meet everchanging market conditions. A CEO’s best tool for success is a high performing leadership team. The speed and scope of change can be daunting. A stagnant executive team is a less effective executive team.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Culture’s Role in Performance Your strategy (the WHAT) must go through your people and your workplace culture (THE HOW) to be executed successfully. The good news is that people’s work environment has a significant impact on how they get work done, and a plan for how to improve your performance culture can be designed.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Is Your Culture at Risk? Will Remote Work Destroy Your Culture? As a result, the work culture as we knew it has changed. The results of a recent Gallup poll point out some of the cultural consequences to employees only working remotely. The Importance of Culture to Business Success. Clearly, culture matters.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Culture and Growth We know from our organizational alignment research that workplace culture – how work gets done – accounts for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies. Workplace culture can hinder growth or support it. Workplace culture can hinder growth or support it.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

We know from our organizational alignment research that strategic clarity accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement. That is why strategies for executive teams to stay aligned are paramount.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Strategic Leadership Competencies – Strategic vs. Operational Leadership. To effectively lead the operations of a business, a leader must be an expert in their functional area, manage a team’s execution of the plan, and meet short-term goals. Leading Strategically in Times of Chaos.

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LSA Global

APRIL 11, 2024

Yet, fostering a culture of change agility requires more than just reacting to external shifts — organizational change agility demands a purposeful and proactive approach that permeates every level of the organization. Is your workplace culture adaptable enough? Are you using technology to deliver on your vision for success ?

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Rick Conlow

JULY 2, 2023

Poor leadership: Ineffective or poor leadership can lead to employee disengagement. Toxic work culture: Obviously, a toxic work environment (When will companies and leaders learn?) Quiet quitting downloads significant negative effects on the business results and overall performance of an organization.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Need to Boost Your Culture? Rituals reinforce the culture and traditions of a community — especially a business community. Do you always begin meetings a certain way, celebrate wins with a traditional team lunch, or give bonuses at each five-year work anniversary? And those cultural team rituals matter. And Bain & Co.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 7, 2020

What Is Corporate Culture? We define workplace culture as how things truly get done in an organization. But it is not enough to define, you must live your desired workplace culture. But it is not enough to define, you must live your desired workplace culture. Some strong cultures help companies perform (i.e.,

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Because of this, properly assessing executive capabilities of the CEO and the entire leadership team is an important, yet underutilized, leverage point to directly improve organizational performance. Combined, these leadership skills collectively define an executive’s capacity to lead effectively – especially when the stakes are high.

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LSA Global

JUNE 12, 2020

Time to Assess and Rethink How Work Gets Done – Is Your Culture Helping or Hindering Your Strategy? We are likely to have to change both our strategy and our culture. Culture in the Corporate World. We think of corporate culture as a company’s collective values, beliefs, and behaviors. Where are the trouble spots?

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Sales leaders are uniquely accountable for leading, managing, and coaching their teams (just like all other new managers ) PLUS meeting revenue targets, perhaps the most important and pressure-filled success metric of any organization. The pressure to deliver against ever-increasing revenue goals is unrelenting.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Leadership and Management Development Matters According to recent research by McKinsey and the Corporate Executive Board, more than 500 executives ranked leadership development among the top three human capital priorities, and two thirds of leaders rated developing effective leaders as their top concern.

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Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

One thing I have learned over my almost 30-plus years of consulting – while there are executive unicorns who will share your idealistic visions of a balanced approach to leadership, like Mark Johnson (in episode 42) or former Disney COO Jim MacPhee (in episode 40), the majority won't. All three create the culture and work environment.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Organizational Change Needs Cultural Alignment to Succeed. Almost three-quarters of organizational change transformations reportedly fail to meet expectations. The Definition of Corporate Culture. We define corporate culture as the way work truly gets done on a day-to-day basis. Change and Culture.

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LSA Global

MARCH 14, 2024

Study after study has found that the majority of change programs fail to meet expectations. Change leaders must cultivate a culture of experimentation and learning, embracing failures as valuable opportunities for growth. Leaders must champion behaviors that align with the desired culture, embodying the change they wish to see.

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LSA Global

APRIL 12, 2023

Savvy corporate leaders know how critical it is to maintain the skills and motivation of their workforce to ensure employees have the confidence and competence to meet current and future business needs. Assuming your corporate strategy is clear , you need to know where you stand from a culture and talent perspective.

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MBO Partners

DECEMBER 26, 2017

A Strong Culture of Accountability Matters. If you desire a healthy, strong culture of accountability (and who doesn’t), leaders need to cascade accountability throughout your organization. Without accountability, you risk a culture where people do not consistently do what they say they will do. Compelling Mission. It matters.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The wide range of perspectives and knowledge allowed conference attendees to meet award winning Chief Revenue Officers, learn about the latest advancements in sales performance, network with like-minded sales professionals, share best practices, and stay ahead of industry trends. Best of Sales Conference Keynote Speakers: Sales 3.0

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LSA Global

AUGUST 19, 2023

Companies Fail to Make Good Decisions Though our organizational culture assessment found that healthy and decisive decision making is one of the strongest indicators of an aligned organization , many companies fail to make good decisions. To improve decisions, create and model a culture of accountability and transparency.

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LSA Global

MARCH 16, 2018

How to Protect Culture During Rapid Growth. While rapid growth companies (20%+ per year) can be very exciting and meaningful places to work, high growth puts high pressure on organizational culture. At a high level, we define culture as the way things get done on a day-to-day basis. Six Times When Culture Becomes a Crisis.

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LSA Global

JULY 5, 2017

Uber and its difficulties continue to dominate Silicon Valley business news as its corporate culture deteriorates despite former CEO Travis Kalanick’s recent ouster. The critical question is whether or not the needle on the culture dial can be moved significantly from the negative to the positive. First let’s see just how bad it is.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

A Coherent Business Strategy Matters Our organizational alignment research found that a coherent business strategy accounts for 31% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, leadership effectiveness, and employee engagement.

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LSA Global

MAY 10, 2022

The Role of Chief People Officers (CPOs) In essence, CPOs are responsible for attracting, developing, engaging, and retaining the top talent required for the business to meet its strategic objectives in a way that makes sense for the people AND the business. For example, are you trying to: — hire better talent faster to meet growth targets?

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Top 10 Key Sales Management Skills: Mastering the Art of Sales Leadership Sales leaders must routinely navigate high stakes internal and external relationships while meeting ever-increasing revenue targets and demands from their sales team. Do your sales managers anticipate and meet current and future customer needs?

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LSA Global

JULY 5, 2017

Uber and its difficulties continue to dominate Silicon Valley business news as its corporate culture deteriorates despite former CEO Travis Kalanick’s recent ouster. The critical question is whether or not the needle on the culture dial can be moved significantly from the negative to the positive. First let’s see just how bad it is.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

We know from leadership simulation assessment data that many work decisions are relatively straightforward and easy to make. Borrow from meeting facilitation best practices and ensure that team members listen to one another with respect and without interruption, encourage follow-up questions to help clarify thinking, and value open debate.

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LSA Global

JUNE 16, 2022

In a business setting, we define organizational agility as the ability of an entire organization (especially its leadership team) to adapt quickly to market changes. Organizational agility requires the motivation to scan the external environment and the skills to shift corresponding strategies, cultures, and talent.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Most companies take it for granted that their top leaders can operationally handle the day-to-day leadership pressures required to meet short-term targets, establish a high performance culture to engage and retain top talent, and simultaneously be masters of their area of expertise. Here is what we mean.

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