PJ Neal

Thoughts from a more-than-occasional writer

Transitions

  • Even in the best of circumstances, leadership transitions are tough. Failure rates are estimated at 40 percent, and it often takes 6 months or longer for a new leader to get to breakeven productivity levels. Today, as leaders are operating in the most challenging circumstances most have ever faced, executive transitions are even harder. If…

  • It’s a challenging time for corporations. The first years of the twenty-first century have seen a period of rapid technological innovation, an explosion of entrepreneurial activity, and globalization on an unparalleled pace. Nations have experienced unexpected political upheavals. Markets have shifted and changed. So have the employees we lead. And executive teams have never looked…