Execution discipline for long programs is not the same problem as execution discipline for a six-week rollout. A short initiative can survive on launch energy because it finishes before that energy runs out. A multi-year program cannot: it will outlive its launch...
Somewhere around month twelve of a multi-year program, someone on the leadership team says the quiet part out loud: this has lost the room. The steering pack still gets produced, the updates still go out, but nobody believes it’s actually going anywhere, and...
If you are an executive team, a COO, a sponsor or a program lead sitting in a reset session or a steering meeting trying to work out how to diagnose why a transformation has stalled, the honest answer is: not by guessing. In my Execution Intelligence™ work, I have sat...
Why does momentum disappear after a strong launch, when nobody actually decided the initiative mattered less? I hear some version of that question more than any other, from sponsors in mid-program reviews, COOs in steering sessions where the updates still arrive on...
When an initiative stalls most executive teams dive into a familiar bag of tricks: a new name, a refreshed set of slides, an all-hands to lift the mood, a tighter reporting cadence. If you’re a COO, a program sponsor, or a transformation lead working out how to...
