A Leader’s Guide to Pausing & Reflecting: Lessons from the High Holy Days
September 10, 2023
I married into Reform Judaism 27 years ago. All of it was new to me: shabbat dinners, Hebrew school, and prayers in a different language….
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The Leadership Tug-of-War
September 1, 2023
Imagine this, you are walking a tightrope, just trying to maintain your balance. You’ve finally found your footing and let out a long sigh of…
Unleashing the Power of Women Leaders
April 6, 2023
As a female CEO who works in the leadership development space, I am engrossed in women’s leadership. I continually try to learn everything I can…
Candid Conversations: The Future of Women in Leadership
April 6, 2023
Our ProjectNext team and community are the heart and soul of our firm. If you have had the chance to meet any of them, then…
‘San Francisco Business Times’ Viewpoint: Times Have Changed. Business Leadership Needs to Catch Up.
March 8, 2023
Effective leadership looks different now. While the seeds of these changes were sown well before the pandemic started, the dynamics of the last several years…
New Research Study Sheds Light on Workplace Challenges Faced by New Directors
February 14, 2023
ProjectNext Leadership research study reveals the step into a “director” role is bigger than most anticipate.
The Balancing Act of Leading Across
November 30, 2022
This is the third post in a series on the critical capability of Leading Across the enterprise, based on research we conducted in 2022. Imagine…
Is Your Succession Planning Process Paying Off?
November 17, 2022
We find that many companies have struggled to get the ROI they desire from succession planning. And yet, we know that if done well, this…
Expertise Everywhere: The Mindset for Leading Across
November 2, 2022
This is part of a series on the critical capability of Leading Across the enterprise, based on research we conducted earlier this year. I was…
How to ‘Make Purple’ When Leading Across
August 26, 2022
Red + Blue = Purple As a Co-Founder and Co-CEO, I am a strong believer in the power of collaboration. When Jeff, my business partner,…
Lessons learned from 100 Executives & Endurance Athletes
July 11, 2022
Bryan Gillette is a ProjectNext Leadership Associate and a former executive, accomplished consultant, executive coach and published author. Below are excerpts from his recent book,…
Lateral Agility: The New Senior Leadership Superpower
July 7, 2022
By Jeff Rosenthal, Co-CEO of ProjectNext Leadership(Originally published in Forbes on July 1, 2022) Anything that’s really important in organizations today is achieved through cross-functional…
How to choose an executive coach
May 20, 2022
There are countless examples of how a good executive coach can dramatically improve the performance of a senior leader, as well as research showing the…
The Case for Optimism
February 18, 2022
Omicron isn’t the only thing that’s contagious. So is mood. When those around us are scared or anxious, it’s hard not to feel that way….
Want to stop your leadership exodus? Use development as a super magnet
January 15, 2022
The “great resignation” is on everyone’s minds. For many CEOs we’ve recently interviewed, it’s their source of greatest concern. Of particular significance is senior leadership…
Do Women (and Other Groups) Really Need Their Own Leadership Development Experiences?
December 13, 2021
I am often asked, “Do women really need separate leadership development programs?” After all, is leadership different between genders, or between people of different ethno-racial…
Want to be a better senior leader in today’s world? Revamp your decision-making.
November 19, 2021
(Originally published in Forbes November 15, 2021) What makes someone a great senior leader? One of the defining characteristics has always been the ability and…
Do Our Seasoned Executives Really Need Onboarding?
September 9, 2021
(Originally published in Forbes on August 30, 2021) Economists are calling this “The Great Resignation.” Employees are leaving their jobs in record numbers due to…
Hybrid Leadership for Hybrid Work
July 12, 2021
Definition of hybrid: “a thing made by combining two different elements; a mixture.” Much of the discussion in the corporate world these days is about…
Coaching for senior executives? Yes, it really is different
June 8, 2021
Executive coaching has recently seen a dramatic rise in demand, becoming a mainstream method for corporate leaders to improve their performance. The past year has…
Shining a Light on the State of Succession Planning
May 18, 2021
In early 2021, we wrote about the key shifts needed in succession planning to build more robust and diverse leadership pipelines. Over the past several…
ProjectNext Leadership Announces Research Findings Rolling the Dice: The Troubling State of Succession Development for High Impact Roles
April 15, 2021
Our recent study identifies the importance of planning and development in determining success for high impact leaders. As seen in leading business publications, such as…
What Does Business Success Mean? Why leaders need to go for the ‘Long Win’ if they are serious about performance
March 17, 2021
by Dr Cath Bishop, ProjectNext Leadership Associate, Olympic medalist, former UK diplomat, business coach & author of ‘The Long Win’ Who were the winners of…
How to Revolutionize Your Succession Plan
January 29, 2021
“Do you want me to tell you what we tell the Board or what we actually do?” the senior executive told us during our conversation…
Developing Senior Leaders: Moving the Needle vs Checking the Box
January 5, 2021
“We use the ‘good luck’ strategy for our executive development – we promote them and say, ‘good luck!’” – Refreshingly honest Vice President, Talent for…
Moving up into a senior role? Congratulations… and beware of the “title trap”
December 4, 2020
High performing leaders in senior roles know it. Those recently promoted quickly learn it. CEOs are especially appreciative of it. What is it? The unsung…
One of 2020’s Greatest Challenges to Executive Teams? Isolation.
October 23, 2020
Despite the tremendous challenges of 2020, many corporations and their executive teams have managed to perform well as remote workforces. This shows the resilience, creativity…
The Indomitable RBG
September 23, 2020
Our country lost a patriot and leader on Friday, September 18, 2020. Ruth Bader Ginsberg accomplished much in her life–I won’t recite her many legislative…
Beware a Leaky Pipeline of Women Leaders in the Time of COVID
September 10, 2020
The pandemic has created stressors that disproportionately affect working mothers and may threaten the pipeline of women leaders and companies’ goals to diversify leadership. But…
Promotions in the time of COVID – landing the big jump into a new role, while never leaving the room.
September 2, 2020
The many challenges and uncertainties of 2020 highlight the criticality of strong leadership. While the cadence of hiring and promotion have been slowed, companies continue…
