Transforming Together: Our Strategic Reboot Unveiled
For over a decade, our commitment to driving business excellence has revealed one enduring truth: embracing continuous change is essential for success. As we celebrate our 12th year, Kissinger Group has sought outside expertise — always a good idea — and taken a dose of our own medicine to undergo a strategic reboot. Why focus […]
A Game-Changing Approach to Cross-Department Collaboration
One of the biggest challenges in any transformation initiative is breaking through silos and getting teams to work together toward a common goal. Need an effective team building exercise? I developed The Chocolate Pizza Simulation Game as a fun and creative way to bring teams together. By simulating real-world business scenarios, the game encourages cross-departmental […]
Mastering Change: Essential Strategies for Leading Organizational Transformation
Leading a large-scale organizational change is a lot like hosting a dinner party. While hosting a good dinner party involves planning the menu, setting the table, and making sure everyone feels comfortable and involved, guiding a transformation requires careful preparation, clear communication, and the ability to bring people together. With thoughtful planning, the experience is […]
Elevating Business Transformations with 3C Decisioning
Elevating Business Transformations with 3C Decisioning In the intense environment of business transformations, making the right decisions can be a high-stakes challenge. Whether you’re managing a merger, implementing a cultural shift, or driving a significant technology move, the ability to make informed, data-driven decisions — often multiple decisions made in rapid-fire one after another — […]
Building Organizational Resilience: A Simple Model for Adaptation and Innovation
Darwin famously noted that survival isn’t about being the strongest or the smartest, but about being the most adaptable to change. More than 150 years later, his insight captures the essence of business today: adaptability is key to thriving and staying competitive. Great leaders understand this and cultivate the competencies to anticipate shifts, respond quickly, […]
Innovating Through Uncertainty: How to Future-Proof Your Business in a Volatile Election Year
Innovating Through Uncertainty: How to Future-Proof Your Business in a Volatile Election Year As we live through another election year marked by political and economic uncertainty, businesses are facing a new set of challenges. With interest rates in flux, ongoing geopolitical tensions, and fluctuating consumer confidence, companies must not only anticipate what’s around the corner […]
3 steps to hiring a consultant
While most of us know how to hire permanent employees, bringing in experts on-demand requires a different approach. There are 3 steps to hiring the right consultant: Define your need: get specific on the type of help you need, how long you need it, and what you expect to accomplish. Make sure you have an […]
Digital Transformation
Looking for breakthrough innovation, advanced operating efficiencies, or a better customer experience? Check out this primer on digital transformation by consultant John Mack. He helps define the term (using technology to drive large-scale change in organizations and generate business value) and describes the many ways it can benefit an organization. Most importantly, he discusses how […]
Using Structured Innovation
Innovation is much more than just a buzzword. In the business press and in company’s investor filings, the word “innovation” has become such a truism that it has lost much of its currency. Like many business terms that have been overused, it has become for many people an empty term that lacks specific meaning or […]