Evaluating your strategy: Is it ambitious enough?

Sep 2, 2023 | Julie Williamson, Strategy

Evaluating your strategy: Is it ambitious enough? [Article]   Written by: Julie Williamson, PhD  Setting and executing on an ambitious strategy that drives transformation is crucial in today’s business environment. Your strategy must be bold enough to shake apart...

The Missing Piece: Leader Activation Drives Transformation

Sep 1, 2023 | Julie Williamson, Karrikins News, Leadership

The Missing Piece: Leader Activation Drives Transformation Written by: Julie Williamson, PhD Estimated reading time: 3:12 minutes Too many leaders today treat change as something other people need to do. But senior leaders can’t leave it up to their teams to transform...

Change How You Lead To Avoid A Transformation Failure

Jun 27, 2023 | Julie Williamson, Leadership

Change How You Lead To Avoid A Transformation Failure [Article] Written by: Julie Williamson, PhD Estimated reading time: 4:24 minutes We’ve all seen the stats on transformation failures, the lists of why they don’t work and the colossal case studies of...

Don’t Lead Towards A Strategy – Lead Through It

May 2, 2023 | Julie Williamson, Leadership, Strategy

Don’t Lead Towards a Strategy – Lead Through It [Article] Written by: Julie Williamson, PhD | Estimated reading time: 3 min Strategies are helpful in painting a vision of the future that looks different from today. But, they are insufficient as a tool for...

Leading through challenge: Know where you are on the KARRIKINS Challenge Curve™

Feb 19, 2023 | Intentional Optimism, Julie Williamson, Leadership

Leading through challenge: Know where you are on the KARRIKINS Challenge Curve™ [Article]   Written by: Julie Williamson, PhD  The energy leaders bring into showing up together during challenging situations determines how quickly they accelerate out of them. The...

Minding the (Failure) Gap [Whitepaper + PDF]

Sep 14, 2022 | Alignment, Insights and Perspectives, Julie Williamson, Leadership

Minding the (Failure) Gap Written by: Julie Williamson, PhD Summary: The Failure Gap = the space between agreement and true alignment 70% of large‑scale transformations stall here 6 leadership actions—stop pet projects, re‑allocate resources, etc.—close the gap Going...