As experts in our field, we publish various articles and whitepapers on building effective workplace cultures and leadership structures. Click on the links below to have a look through our library of past publications. If you would like more information on these topics, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us.
You've done a great job with your initial ESOP roll-out and you've created an amazing Employee Owner Committee. The next question on everyone's mind: How can we increase share value? This is where Continuous Improvement (CI) comes in.
Read More“Culture eats strategy for breakfast” management professor Peter Drucker once said. This popular expression highlights that your culture—what your people believe, say, and do—can make or break your strategy.
Read MoreForward thinking organizations want to be able to demonstrate their impact across multiple dimensions, including job fulfillment, employee engagement, improved trust and collaboration. Doing so with quantifiable metrics can be challenging for organization development (OD) practitioners because we work in...
Read MoreJ. Michael Keeling, President and Chief Staff Officer of The ESOP Association, speaks with Alexander P. Moss, a principal at Praxis Consulting Group, Inc., about driving performance through ESOPs. Keeling: Based on your experience, what are the overall benefits of...
Read MoreSo many of the behaviors we associate with ownership -- modeling a positive attitude, collaborating, generating ideas for improvement, taking responsibility for the work of the team—reflect good leadership. In an employee-owned company, all levels can benefit from leadership development...
Read MoreThis paper provides a detailed description of governance issues, options, and best practices in privately-held professional service firms (PSFs). The information here is drawn from a variety of sources, including more than twenty years of organization development consulting with professional...
Read MoreBoards of directors often ask their CEO’s for a succession plan, and review it annually. And while the plan should include the name of any potential successors, it should go far beyond this bare minimum. A succession plan should spell...
Read More“We’re not just running—we’re galloping!” These were the words of a senior executive on a leadership team in healthcare. The healthcare environment is complicated and uncertain, to say the least. Leading in this arena is requiring intuitive and counter-intuitive practices....
Read MoreThis article explores the lessons extracted from the parallel processes enacted in the relationship between two consultant groups hired by Eastern (a large financial institution) to kick off a major culture change initiative. The inevitable conflicts between these two consulting...
Read MoreThis article analyzes layers of meaning that are embedded in the concept of diversity in a financial institution. It examines the discourses about diversity that emerged over 2½ years, during which a CEO was intentionally trying to change his organization’s...
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