LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2023

The Factors that Make the Difference to Create Faster Strategy Execution When we look at what distinguishes our clients that are able to act faster and smarter than others, we were not surprised that leadership decision making is a critical ingredient for success. The project management of strategic initiatives is taken seriously.

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LSA Global

MARCH 29, 2022

So, You Want to Be a People Manager Almost everyone who has been encouraged to take on the role of people manager at work has succeeded first in their role as individual contributor or team member. But do they have the fundamental skills for every people manager? But we’re talking here about your innermost layers.

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Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

How a private equity-backed artisanal food manufacturer stemmed losses, rebuilt the leadership team, and positioned the company for growth. Brimstone worked with the CEO, the senior leadership team, and the private equity firm to put in place the conditions for success. CASE STUDY. Two senior team members were onboarded.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Top Leadership Actions to Improve Company Direction and Purpose The best leaders get the theory, but many stumble when they try to figure out what specific actions to take to improve company direction and purpose on the path to organizational alignment. to-1, and engage employees 16.8-to-1.

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LSA Global

APRIL 16, 2021

Better Develop Managers Because managers are the hub of most organizations, you’d think that building management capabilities would be an essential pillar of an executive’s plan for business success. But the research says otherwise. Instead, focus on the critical few behavioral shifts that will make a difference.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Performance Management Defined Simply put, performance management is a process to help managers and employees to know where they stand. Done right, performance management can lead individuals, leaders, and teams to higher levels of performance results and better alignment of behaviors with desired cultural values and norms.

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2024

In fact, our organizational alignment research found that culture accounts for almost half of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of: Revenue growth Profitability Leadership effectiveness Customer loyalty Employee engagement Strategies must go through culture to be successfully implemented.

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LSA Global

JUNE 9, 2020

They need a change leadership team. Getting people to understand, become involved with, and committed to change is the key task of change leadership teams. How to Begin to Charter a Change Leadership Team. Common Change Leadership Team Criteria. Ideally, members of the change leadership team must be: Representative.

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LSA Global

JULY 9, 2021

Some of those forced innovations can now help us identify and forge improved ways of doing business, like achieving more strategic talent management. Think of the multiple changes in the world of finding, retaining, and managing talent. First, make sure that success metrics are agreed upon and make sense.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Confusing or Misaligned Goals or Roles It is hard to expect teams to perform at their peak if goals, roles, processes, success metrics, interdependencies, and behavioral expectations are unclear, misaligned, or unfair. Agreed-upon goals should clarify what the team wants to achieve and why.

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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

MARCH 11, 2024

According to a Forrester report, about 40% of employees and managers are unsatisfied with their current on-the-job training. Level 3 Training Measurement is typically determined through performance metrics, supervisor evaluations, and peer feedback. Improved leadership execution effectiveness of key corporate strategies.

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LSA Global

JUNE 6, 2020

Middle Management Needs to Be Deeply Engaged in Strategy Design and Planning. It also found that middle management plays a powerful role in getting strategically aligned. For strategic plans to succeed, companies need to align middle management with strategy. When Middle Management Is Left Out of Strategic Design and Planning.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Effective Leadership Decision Making. Leadership teams and organizations that can follow clear, structured, and healthy decision-making strategies move more surely and swiftly in the direction that makes the most sense. Three Leadership Decision Making Categories. High Stakes Leadership Decision Making.

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LSA Global

JULY 14, 2022

Most change management consulting experts assume that employees have a natural resistance to change. Data from our change management simulation backs up that claim. The Organizational Change Leadership Research Harvard Business Review conducted a survey of over 1,000 employees in multiple industries across the nation.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In fact, research from CEB found that 60% of new managers fail within the first two years in their new leadership We know from people manager assessment center data that the failure to successfully transition into a new managerial role has a lasting and negative impact across an organization. Trust is the glue that binds.

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LSA Global

MAY 26, 2017

New manager training programs exist by the hundreds. They teach all kinds of leadership skills necessary for new managers (or experienced managers for that matter) to succeed. The best managers are effective decision makers. Inaction is a trap many new managers fall into. Ineffective performance management.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Begin with Leadership If you want to align teams around goals, the first step is to understand that effective strategy execution starts at the top. To learn more about how to create leadership team alignment, download The Top Skills for High Performing Leaders. Where is the disconnect and what can we do about it?

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LSA Global

MARCH 16, 2023

What Top Leaders Do Better We have seen many companies promote top salespeople into sales management roles that have failed miserably. Sales leadership is about effectively leading, managing, and coaching, not doing more selling. Underperformers are quickly and compassionately managed out if they cannot carry their weight.

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LSA Global

JUNE 19, 2019

Do You Know How to Conduct Effective Leadership Team Meetings? While most work meetings are considered a waste of valuable time and energy, your ability to conduct effective leadership team meetings is essential to moving a team forward and carving out time for strategic, complex, systemic, and cross-team issues. Identify Clear Roles.

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LSA Global

APRIL 12, 2023

Can Your Approach to Talent Management Maximize Employee Potential? This requires leaders to effectively manage both day-to-day needs and to invest time, money, and effort into future workforce planning and strategy. This “reality” sets the foundation to maximize employee potential. Where do you stand?

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 13, 2022

They may be risk averse, uncertain where to start, uncomfortable with leadership accountability, and concerned about stakeholder reactions. Once leaders are aligned, the change management planning, communications, role modeling, rewarding, and adjusting can begin to get employees onboard.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Top 5 Sales Culture Warning Signs Warning signs of a problematic sales culture include: an ambiguous definition of success or failure, non-improving low performers are allowed to stick around, it’s unclear if “the way” creates success, metrics or rewards are misaligned, and the way “things get done” hinders sales growth.

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LSA Global

JUNE 5, 2017

If you are in charge of talent management at your organization, wouldn’t you welcome better, more effective ways of learning? Measure impact by correlating high and low skill adoption to your key performance metrics and providing individual coaching scorecards for participants and their manager. We call this 3×3 Relevance.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

to-1 Leadership Effectiveness 8.71-to-1 Not until the leadership team is aligned can you ensure buy-in from all levels of the workforce, create the right behavioral motivators, and track the success metrics to be sure you stay on track. to-1 Customer Satisfaction 3.2-to-1 to-1 Employee Engagement 16.8-to-1.

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LSA Global

JULY 2, 2019

In addition to communicating the strategy often and in open discussions, add a metrics component so everyone knows you will be measuring and sharing progress toward your goals. To learn more about how to operationalize your strategy, download 3 Big Mistakes to Avoid When Cascading Your Corporate Strategy. Allow Some Autonomy.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Have you built effective employee learning journeys that build upon each other for your various stakeholders as part of your talent management strategy ? The Climax: Leadership’s Role in L&D Impact Effective L&D requires committed leaders that champion a culture of feedback and learning.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 1, 2020

The same research found that senior leadership support, employee engagement and interest, clear goals and metrics, and effective internal communication most heavily contributed to successful organizational change. Are widely perceived as high performers by leadership and their peers in terms of performance and behaviors.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

And sales leadership simulation assessment data tells us that too many sales leaders struggle with the ability to select strategic sales priorities that add significant value and create a competitive advantage. This leads to improved win rates, higher customer satisfaction, and better time management.

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LSA Global

APRIL 15, 2024

And sales leadership simulation assessment data tells us that too many sales leaders struggle with the ability to select strategic sales priorities that add significant value and create a competitive advantage. This leads to improved win rates, higher customer satisfaction, and better time management.

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LSA Global

APRIL 20, 2018

How Important is Talent Management to Business Success? So how important is talent management to business success? The Definition of Talent Management. In a nutshell, talent management is all about planning your human resources strategically to build business value and support organizational goals. Not so fast.

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LSA Global

APRIL 4, 2022

Create Clarity of Vision, Purpose, and Success Metrics Once the current state context is agreed upon, the next step is to get the future state context right. This is where the leadership plays an absolutely fundamental role. Have you re-evaluated and redesigned your customers’ experience to take advantage of the new normal?

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LSA Global

JANUARY 10, 2022

Here are some tips on what your leadership needs to do to not only keep up with but also stay ahead of the learning game. Measure and Reward Learning Top learning organizations visibly track key learning metrics, hold learners (and their managers) accountable, and reward learning. Can you claim to be a learning organization?

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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. The people strategy is about the WHO.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 9, 2021

In fact, our organizational alignment research found that an aligned workplace culture accounts for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, employee engagement, customer loyalty, and leadership effectiveness. When they are out of sync, your culture suffers.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Weak decision making cultures play workplace politics , do not share information, and have unclear or unfair success metrics. Foster a Culture of Accountability High performance cultures are comprised of teams that take full ownership of their decisions.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Adapting to changes in leadership. Aligning confusing or contradictory goals, roles, scope and success metrics. Ambiguous or misaligned goals, roles, or success metrics. Misaligned leadership. To minimize resistance and confusion, be sure that you have the right people in the right leadership positions.

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