In the journey of building and growing a company, leaders often make strategic decisions to prioritize immediate needs over long-term...

Leaders must look beyond employee engagement to understand what drives company and team performance

Many companies stall or fail because they collapse under the weight of their management debt. We set out to measure and fix this.

A cautionary tale for would-be entrepreneurs Whenever we think of startups, our minds conjure up visions of success, impact and riches....

It's that time of year again. 2024 is already peaking its head around the corner, and if you haven't already started planning for it, you...

As 2024 approaches, the question isn't whether you should hold a leadership offsite—it's how to make it transformative. Offsites are more...

You don’t chose one or the other, you dance at the balancing point In 1995, wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park. A...

Turn strategy into a story about where you want to be and how you got there, and you'll be amazed at how it increases team alignment.

"The best strategy is useless if executed by a dysfunctional team, and the best teaming / organizational practices can’t make a dent if...

I was leading a client offsite. The senior team was scoring their Objectives & Key Results with their level of confidence in hitting the...

Over the course of the pandemic, we adapted in really remarkable ways, and relatively quickly. To quote an odd source for business...

Sometimes difficult times call for difficult measures. We are now in a difficult moment. Many leaders are wrestling with a dramatic...

Bonus: And the second rule too I am on the plane home after running an offsite with a leading non-profit, still buzzing from the energy...

In the wake of success can be the seeds of failure We all know the stats on the low success rate of startups. It’s hard to take an...

Once in a while you run into a business misnomer that has been staring you in the face for years, completely unseen because it’s so...

When we started Volition Partners almost a year ago, my partner and I began with the hard-earned knowledge that many companies face a...

Why purpose driven companies outperform, and outlast, their competition.

Imagine this: The branding agency just left. After months of internal analysis, customer research and a not insignificant amount of...

The last time you started a new job at virtually any established company, there was no doubt a lot to learn and a lot of adjustment, but...