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...

5 Ways To Create Purposeful Conversations at Work

Sep 9, 2022 | Alignment, Leadership

5 Ways To Create Purposeful Conversations [Article] Written by: Kate Huckabay Maybe you just walked out of a meeting and didn’t feel like you had a conversation. Maybe it felt like all of the oxygen in the room was being taken up by one person, or maybe it felt like a...

What the kitchen sink can teach us about alignment: 4 common tradeoffs holding leaders back

Mar 1, 2021 | Blog, Alignment, Julie Williamson, Leadership

What The Kitchen Sink Can Teach Us About Alignment: 4 Common Tradeoffs Holding Leaders Back Written by: Julie Williamson, PhD Do dirty dishes pile up, or are they immediately rinsed and put into the dishwasher? Endless conversations about what is expected, desired,...

Purpose-Aligned Leadership: From Purpose Driven to Driving Purpose [Whitepaper]

Mar 1, 2021 | Insights and Perspectives, Leadership

Purpose-Aligned Leadership [Whitepaper] Written by: Karrikins Group Team Members Would you define your leadership as purpose-aligned leadership?  Whether as a force for driving improved performance, or a defense against behaviors that erode the public trust, there is...