article thumbnail

When a Success Formula Hardens

Leading Blog

When this happens, they are at risk for what Donald Sull calls in Revival of the Fittest , active inertia. He explains what happens: Managers get trapped by success, a condition that I call active inertia , or management’s tendency to respond to the most disruptive changes by accelerating activities that succeeded in the past.

Sull 347
article thumbnail

Weekly Round-Up: 2020 Culture Champions, Bolster Your Bottom Line, 14 Best Change Management Articles, Leadership Insights & Tips, Ensure Your Employees Feel Valued

leaderCommunicator

The Culture 500 measures and compares more than 500 U.S. companies across nine cultural dimensions, by narrowing in on employee data to examine what makes company culture distinctive and effective.

Sull 106
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

0616 | Donald Sull & Kathleen Eisenhardt

LDRLB

Donald Sull is a global expert on strategy and execution in turbulent markets. He is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Kathleen Eisenhardt is the S. Ascherman Professor of Strategy at Stanford, a highly cited author, and the co-director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.

Sull 60
article thumbnail

Toxic Culture Gender Gap: Women’s Experience in the C-suite and Beyond

HR Digest

Recent research published in the MIT Sloan Management Review reveals that we are 41% more likely than our male counterparts to be subjected to toxic corporate culture. But Sull isn’t just raising awareness; he’s taking action. For this study, he and co-author Charles Sull analyzed the language used by over 3 million U.S.

Sull 59
article thumbnail

Weekly Round-Up: Measuring Culture in Leading Companies, Brand Strategy for Leaders, Improving Employee Engagement & Culture, Communicating with Global Employees, Creating a Culture of Innovation

leaderCommunicator

To survive and thrive in today’s market, a healthy corporate culture is more important than ever.

Sull 81
article thumbnail

The Upside of Turbulence: A book review by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

The Upside of Turbulence: Seizing Opportunities in an Uncertain World Donald Sull HarperBusiness (2009) How and why “agile absorption” is essential when seizing the upside of turbulence in the global marketplace Donald Sull provides a brilliant analysis of a process that continues throughout the world as I now compose and then you read this brief [.]. (..)

Sull 75
article thumbnail

Learning to Manage the Map Paradox

Leading Blog

Donald Sull calls it the Map Paradox. They help us to move efficiently through life, but we need to learn to manage them so we aren’t derailed by them in the reality of changing circumstances. * * * Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for additional leadership and personal development ideas. * * * But here’s the thing.

Sull 341