Struggling as a Leader? Simplify and Energize Your Strategy

Struggling as a Leader? Simplify and Energize Your Strategy

If you’re a leader, you might find these challenges familiar: Are you facing opposition or dissatisfaction with your strategy from stakeholders and your own team? Do your teams lack focus, with too many tasks juggling around that don’t align with your...
Tackling Politics: Securing Stakeholder Support in Tense Times

Tackling Politics: Securing Stakeholder Support in Tense Times

Change. A word that can stir a whirlwind of emotions within an organization. Fear, excitement, anticipation, dread – the spectrum is broad and diverse. Managing this change, particularly in tense times, is a task that falls squarely on the shoulders of the...
Mastering the Art of Cost-Cutting Without Compromising Morale

Mastering the Art of Cost-Cutting Without Compromising Morale

You have probably observed the trend of cost-cutting in many industries and companies recently. Like the rhythmic cadence of low-tide and high-tide, a period of cost-cutting comes every 3-5 years. This phase is a normal part of the business lifecycle, but it...
Embracing Clarity: The Single Goal Path to Successful Transformation

Embracing Clarity: The Single Goal Path to Successful Transformation

One of my observations from numerous reorganisations or strategic initiatives is that leaders are faced with a diverse and complex set of challenges: lack of clarity, uncertainty, an undefined vision, and resistance to change are just some of the pain points. However,...
Agility in the regulated sector

Agility in the regulated sector

Agility in the regulated sector – and why change management plays a key role in this. Tobias Günthör (CIO at STADA) shares his experiences on this topic with René Esteban (founder and CEO of FocusFirst) in another episode of Transformation Leaders – the...