Is Management Debt Dragging Down Your Business?
In the journey of building and growing a company, leaders often make strategic decisions to prioritize immediate needs over long-term...
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Dave Williams
Jun 283 min read
Beyond Employee Engagement: The Real Drivers of High-Performing Companies
Leaders must look beyond employee engagement to understand what drives company and team performance
Dave Williams
Jun 113 min read
Why we created the Volition Index
Many companies stall or fail because they collapse under the weight of their management debt. We set out to measure and fix this.
Dave Williams
Feb 94 min read
The Promise(s) of Startups
A cautionary tale for would-be entrepreneurs Whenever we think of startups, our minds conjure up visions of success, impact and riches....
Dave Williams
Sep 27, 20233 min read
Seven tips for a transformative offsite
It's that time of year again. 2024 is already peaking its head around the corner, and if you haven't already started planning for it, you...
Dave Williams
Sep 20, 20232 min read
The Imperative of In-Person Leadership Retreats
As 2024 approaches, the question isn't whether you should hold a leadership offsite—it's how to make it transformative. Offsites are more...
Sean Martin
Mar 2, 20233 min read
Strategic Tensions
You don’t chose one or the other, you dance at the balancing point In 1995, wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park. A...
Dave Williams
Jan 11, 20233 min read
Once upon a strategy…
Turn strategy into a story about where you want to be and how you got there, and you'll be amazed at how it increases team alignment.
Sean Martin
Nov 16, 20226 min read
The Choice to Go Deeper - Interview with Dan Doty
"The best strategy is useless if executed by a dysfunctional team, and the best teaming / organizational practices can’t make a dent if...
Sean Martin
Sep 11, 20223 min read
I’m Not Emotional, We’re Emotional
I was leading a client offsite. The senior team was scoring their Objectives & Key Results with their level of confidence in hitting the...
Sean Martin
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Returning to ‘Normal’?
Over the course of the pandemic, we adapted in really remarkable ways, and relatively quickly. To quote an odd source for business...
Dave Williams
Jul 7, 20224 min read
How to Downsize Without Losing Your Company's Soul
Sometimes difficult times call for difficult measures. We are now in a difficult moment. Many leaders are wrestling with a dramatic...
Sean Martin
May 2, 20224 min read
The First Rule of Offsites...
Bonus: And the second rule too I am on the plane home after running an offsite with a leading non-profit, still buzzing from the energy...
Sean Martin
Dec 3, 20215 min read
Avoiding Cracks in the Foundation
In the wake of success can be the seeds of failure We all know the stats on the low success rate of startups. It’s hard to take an...
Dave Williams
Nov 12, 20213 min read
Are You Building an Organization or an Ecosystem?
Once in a while you run into a business misnomer that has been staring you in the face for years, completely unseen because it’s so...
Dave Williams
Jul 28, 20214 min read
What’s the secret to organizational performance, based on research?
When we started Volition Partners almost a year ago, my partner and I began with the hard-earned knowledge that many companies face a...
Sean Martin
Oct 26, 20203 min read
Harnessing the Power of Purpose
Why purpose driven companies outperform, and outlast, their competition.
Dave Williams
Jul 21, 20207 min read
Building Brands From The Inside Out
Imagine this: The branding agency just left. After months of internal analysis, customer research and a not insignificant amount of...
Dave Williams
Jul 19, 20209 min read
Establishing Rhythm at a Startup
The last time you started a new job at virtually any established company, there was no doubt a lot to learn and a lot of adjustment, but...
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