Blog - Dr. Behar-Courtois

Why “Cascading Communication” Is Usually Just a Game of Telephone

Three weeks after one of the best leadership presentations I’ve ever sat through, I was running listening sessions with frontline teams in four regions of the same company. I kept waiting to recognize the message. I never did. The senior leadership of […]

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The Problem With “Transformation” Is That Nobody Told the Middle Managers

Every transformation I’ve ever seen announced started the same way. A compelling vision. A leadership offsite. Slides with the new strategic direction laid out in clean, confident language. An all-hands meeting where the CEO speaks passionately about where the company is going. […]

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The Real Problem With “Alignment” Is That It’s Often Pretend

“Are we aligned?” It’s one of the most common questions in leadership meetings. It’s also one of the most meaningless. Because people can say yes while meaning three different things. I’ve sat in too many rooms where alignment was declared and then […]