by - January 7, 2025 1:20 pm
Approaching community engagement
Northwest Arkansas has a strong history of community engagement. While it’s true that some companies don’t engage the community – either because they haven’t given it any thought or they…
Author: Chuck Hyde
by - October 14, 2024 10:43 am
What excites and intimidates
In July 2017, a guest speaker asked a room full of CEOs, “How do you manage vitality?” What I recall is the looks on the faces of the executives in…
by - July 26, 2024 8:44 am
Our noise problem
“Wherever there is judgment, there is noise and more than you think.” This quote comes from the book, “Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment” by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and…
by - April 8, 2024 8:53 am
Gaps don’t get better with growth
The political season is upon us, and a big part of the narrative is about how things are going and the question, “Are we better off today than we were…
by - November 12, 2023 8:44 am
Everyone has a story
Several years ago, in my stint as CEO of Soderquist Leadership, one of our directors, Gary, brought this truth into our leadership development programs: “Everyone has a story.” I don’t…
by - August 10, 2023 10:57 am
The coming leadership shift
Come back in time with me to 2005-2007. A dominant conversation among company executives was the pending exodus of the Baby Boomer generation. After all, the leading edge of the…
by - May 8, 2023 1:54 pm
The flip of a coin
What do you think? You need to fill an open position, and you’re given a choice: either follow your established methods for making a hiring decision or scrap it —…
by - January 8, 2023 10:07 am
Your 2023 plan is wrong
2023 is here, and no doubt, it arrives with much anticipation, hopes, and perhaps fears and will likely involve important choices and even a big bet or two. In many…
by - December 6, 2022 12:13 pm
You can’t be what you’re not around
Generally, every season has an off-season. For example, it’s now the baseball off-season. Off-seasons serve at least two primary purposes: rest and recovery from the season that just concluded and…
by - September 25, 2022 9:43 am
What’s your incentive?
Is it just me, or are coffee shops always cold? For several reasons, I spend a lot of time in coffee shops, none of which are because I like coffee…
by - June 2, 2022 9:32 am
A math problem
Imagine a scenario where you discover that what is being executed on a routine, day-in-day-out basis is contrary to the direction set by the CEO. Let’s make two assumptions: This…
by - February 11, 2022 8:46 am
‘Future-flex’ your business
The 2022 State of Talent Optimization Report is out, and the results are shouting. The Great Resignation (aka, The Big Quit) has dominated headlines. Workers are tired and frustrated, now…
by - October 19, 2021 8:51 am
Got skills?
In January, the world’s best cyclocross professionals will arrive in Northwest Arkansas, ready to ride (and at times carry) their bikes through some of the most challenging terrain any of…
by - July 20, 2021 9:36 am
Naming it: An essential to strategic execution
In a recent coaching session with a CEO, our conversation included a discussion on a number of organizational moves the company had recently made. These moves reflected both the business…
by - April 20, 2021 10:08 am
Your eyes and gut will fail you
In 2003, Michael Lewis released his book “Moneyball.” It’s a study of the Oakland A’s and their general manager, Billy Beane, and their analytical, data-driven approach to selecting players to…
by - January 20, 2021 2:34 pm
The executive struggle and the year ahead
2020 is in the rearview mirror. We are coming off a year when the very nature of work has been upended and in some ways still in the jet wash,…