Most micromanagement is not about control. It is about unclear accountability. Clear accountability is the one leadership ...

The strategy is sound and the people are capable, but without shared ownership across teams, even the best strategies will ...

From Coldplay’s board scandal to Nestlé’s CEO investigation and the ongoing fallout from FTX’s leadership collapse, headlines have been littered with stories of leaders whose organizations crumbled ...

An accountability team is a group of leaders who meet regularly to share honest feedback and hold one another accountable. Accountability teams give clarity on the CEO role, enhance decision-making, ...

We say it in the academy. We put it in our mission statements. It shows up in every leadership workshop and command staff memo. But here’s the hard truth: talking about accountability and practicing ...

There is no shortage of agreement that diverse and inclusive teams create better business outcomes. And yet, in technology the needle has hardly moved. Nash Squared’s 2023 Digital Leadership Report ...

Sewitch is the former chief human resources officer of WD-40 Company, and founder of Sewitch Etcetera. He lives in Kensington. I got a call one day from the founders of a specialty food brand. Their ...

The toxic baby food crisis is not just a failure in public health. It is a defining moral challenge for an industry entrusted with the most sacred responsibility: nourishing our children. For years, ...

I speak and write a lot about the "softer" side of leadership—developing the right characteristics and attitudes that make you a better leader in the mortgage industry. And, as I shift more of my ...

America is being damaged not by strong leaders abusing power, but by weak leaders avoiding responsibility. Their refusal to be accountable has become a threat to democracy itself. We are now governed ...