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What CXOs Say Is Blocking AI ROI
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What CXOs Say Is Blocking AI ROI

Team Alignment, Leadership Capacity, Talent Management

What CXOs Say Is Blocking AI ROI

A recap from our October 21 Executive Reset on Organizational Infrastructure and AI Only 39% of organizations can attribute any enterprise EBITA impact to AI, according to McKinsey. At our October Executive Reset, we asked a small group of senior leaders why. Their answers pointed away from the technology and confirmed BCG’s findings: roughly 70% of AI adoption challenges are people and process issues. In our work, we see the same pattern: business growth is a function of leadership capacity, and leadership capacity ...

By Elene Cafasso|2026-10-26T20:52:03+00:00October 26, 2026|Team Alignment, Leadership Capacity, Talent Management|

How To Motivate and Ultimately Engage An Employee

A simple Google search or a visit to Gallup’s website will reveal the most common factors that motivate employees. However, that’s employees in general – NOT necessarily the people you manage. Employees are individuals. Some want to be in the office because they feed off the energy of being around people. Others are motivated by being able to work at home with the flexibility to better handle all areas of their life. In fact, many employees say they work longer hours for the ...

By Elene Cafasso|2023-10-06T21:03:21+00:00October 6, 2023|Talent Management, Leadership Agility, Professional Development|

Your Essential Team Member Quits, Now What?

During my corporate career, I often said “Nobody is irreplaceable. It’s just a matter of how inconvenient it is.” I still believe that now, after 19 years working with leaders across many top firms and industries. Hopefully, the company has a talent management program that helps them align a people strategy with their business strategy. Those that do have identified successors for all key roles and have put development plans in place. When we do this work with leadership teams, we place potential candidates in buckets: ready now; ...

By Elene Cafasso|2022-07-29T10:30:13+00:00June 30, 2021|Blog, Talent Management|