by Ben Anderson-Ray | Apr 11, 2023 | Leadership
Knowing yourself is a critical piece of being an effective leader. It is what provides leaders with knowledge of their own character, feelings, and motivations. It provides insight into leadership strengths that can be leveraged and leadership challenges that can be...
by Ben Anderson-Ray | Oct 11, 2018 | Clarity, Strategy
In 1999, Ram Charan wrote about why CEOs fail and estimated that 70% of the time it was not an issue of strategy but rather an issue of execution.1 What was true then applies equally today. Most organizations do have strategy. The question is whether they understand...
by Ben Anderson-Ray | May 30, 2018 | Leadership, Team
The term “team” is often used to describe just about any group within organizations: sales teams, ops teams, even entire companies get referred to as teams. Similarly, many companies declare that they value teamwork. Some even have it in their core values. In my...
by Ben Anderson-Ray | Dec 12, 2017 | Execution
When we begin working with companies, one thing we often hear from a CEO is their desire to build an accountability culture. Accountability, like any of the key traits of an organization’s culture, starts with the CEO and is amplified by the senior leadership team....
