Culture & Team
It’s Time to be a Resilient Leader
Times of chaos and crisis are troubling. Currently, our economy, public health, government, politics and just about every aspect of our lives is unsettled and uncertain. For those of us who, in the past decade, have grown used to a predictable future, this is a difficult time. Whether your business is flourishing unexpectedly or struggling…
Read MorePeople Strategies in a Time of Crisis
We can all agree our workforce and culture have been disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses are redefining what work looks like in our new normal. People strategies, from recruitment to employee engagement and retention, to building better teams that collaborate and innovate, have been uprooted. The Resultants recently hosted a panel discussion on “People…
Read MoreHow Strong Teams Rise to the Occasion
Isn’t it often true that, under stress, a person’s core characteristics come out? I’ve experienced this in my personal and professional lives in both positive and negative ways. I’ve also seen this in the behaviors and performance of a number of leadership teams we work with. Even with sincere and dedicated efforts, change is difficult.…
Read MoreFearless Leadership in These Tough Times
Our business world faces disruptions, the likes of which we haven’t experienced before now. It’s time for leaders to step up. What does it take to be a leader as we face the unknowns and chaos? Resiliency and Optimism. That’s YOU, right now, TODAY. Are you up for the challenge? When the coronavirus first hit,…
Read MoreOur Greatest Need is Our Lessons Learned
At one of our last Industry Association gatherings, we asked a group of small business owners we work closely with what they would say their members’ greatest need today is. The answer was an astounding “help us to be prepared for the next crisis”. Here are some of the comments we’ve heard: “We weren’t ready…
Read MoreDisrupt the Disruption
As we described in the blog, Three Phases for Today’s Small Business, businesses are working through 3 phases: Sort Out, Ride Out and Dig Out (of the fishhook). For many, we are past Sort Out and have moved into Ride Out. Even though we’ve clarified current reality and sorted out huge amounts of resources, info…
Read MoreFinish Strong in the 5th Quarter
If you’ve ever attended a UW-Badger football home game, I hope you stayed for the 5th Quarter. It is legendary. The game just isn’t over until the Badger Band stops playing and the crowd stops dancing. Even the opposing team’s band members, cheer squads and alumni join in. It’s a blast and the band always…
Read More“Followed by All” Culture Chaos
I once worked with a Leadership Team at a manufacturing company that prided themselves on top-notch processes and procedures. They shared with me their SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedures) and spoke glowingly about how they followed procedures, thus improving efficiencies overall. At the same time, they were also discussing an issue with work output on the…
Read MoreUsing Culture to Drive Performance
It was a classic David vs. Goliath situation. We were part of a larger company but in our market, we were a distant second in terms of organizational size and market share. Our competitor had dominated the market for many years with legacy brands and tenured sales and operations teams. As we evaluated our options…
Read MoreGo Further with Faster Decision-Making
Do you have a vision of growing your business into more than it is today but feel like you keep getting stuck? Accomplishing your goal of a bigger and better future will require changes to how your business is run. Hand-in-hand with those changes come all the decisions to be made. Unfortunately, as businesses grow…
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