Your AI Strategy Has a Self-Awareness Problem
Most conversations about AI adoption begin with the wrong measurement. Instead, of counting licenses purchased, trainings completed, and dashboard activity, there’s a more effective way to know if your AI strategy is working. Unfortunately, the numbers coming out of 2026 suggest that proof of transformation is thinner than it looks. A May 2026 survey of […]
The Hire Who Did Everything Right and Still Couldn’t Win
Every business owner has lived some version of this. You were in search of your superstar, draft pick, and found someone with the right background, the right credentials, the kind of references that make you feel good about saying yes. They were genuinely excited to be there and ready to do their best work. And […]
Your Leadership Team Took Every Assessment. They’re Still Stuck. Here’s Why
If you haven’t watched this week’s video yet, the short version is this: most leadership teams don’t have a communication problem. They have a wiring problem. And the Kolbe methodology is one of the only tools that gets underneath the behavior to show you what that wiring actually is. Not the polished version, not the […]
AI Adoption Is Not Failing Because of Technology. It’s Failing Because of Leadership Alignment.
Let me ask you something. If 95% of generative AI initiatives are failing to produce bottom-line ROI, as reported in a recent Harvard Business Review analysis of MIT-backed research, do you really believe that 95% of organizations suddenly became bad at buying software? Of course not. These are sophisticated companies with experienced CIOs, credible vendors, […]
The Hidden Cost of Misalignment and Open Team Conflict
I worked with a client who was a large plumbing company. Two of their top executives were in open conflict, and everyone in the company knew it and took sides. Everything suffered and the CEO was at his wits’ end. The conflict was between the HR leader who demanded daily reporting from the Operations department. […]
The Hidden Cost of Pre-Decision Friction:
Why Smart Teams Slow Themselves Down This was not an earth-shattering moment, but significant in what it revealed. A family standing in an appliance store with a clear budget and a short list of must-haves.No great urgency, no disagreement, and no tension. And yet, we stood there evaluating the same 2 options, back and forth […]
Is Misalignment Undermining Your 2026 Strategy?
It’s not a wrong strategy, bad talent, or ineffective AI that’s quietly eroding execution at the top. There is a persistent belief in the C-suite that if performance stalls, the answer lies in sharper strategy, better technology, or a stronger plan. That belief is comforting. It’s also wrong. What actually derails organizations—especially high-performing, well-funded, intelligent […]
The Silent Failure Point Inside High-Growth Organizations: What CEOs Might Be Missing
There is a point in every organization where performance problems stop being operational and start being about more. As a leader, it’s imperative that you recognize the shift when it happens. The clues: lagging KPIs, friction between departments, slow decisions, rework, and missed deadlines. Warning: don’t misdiagnose the source. Just because the business looks healthy […]
AI Is No Longer in Trial… Is Your Team Equipped For It?
Why CEOs must confront the hidden performance risk shaping 2026. There’s a quiet fault line running beneath most organizations right now—and no, it’s not AI adoption, operational complexity, or market turbulence. It’s something far more basic, far more human, and far more expensive: a lack of unified vision and alignment inside teams. The economic data […]
Why Vision Alone Is Not Enough: The Leadership Gap Quietly Slowing Your Organization
What if the real gap in your organization isn’t the vision itself, but the agreements, behaviors, and ways of working that are supposed to bring that vision to life? Leaders often assume that because a direction has been set and communicated, it’s actionable. But alignment doesn’t come from presentation decks—it comes from shared decisions, expectations, […]