The Organizational Health Advantage

In these special episodes, Julio Gonzalez joins as Guest Host to present The Case for Organizational Health—en Español! Perfect for bilingual teams and rollout sessions, we walk through the core models from Patrick Lencioni’s The Advantage, including Las Cuatro Disciplinas and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Along the way, we uncover key language nuances—like how “compromiso” means commitment, no...

In these special episodes, Julio Gonzalez joins as Guest Host to present The Case for Organizational Health—en Español! Perfect for bilingual teams and rollout sessions, we walk through the core models from Patrick Lencioni’s The Advantage, including Las Cuatro Disciplinas and The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Along the way, we uncover key language nuances—like how “compromiso” means commitment, no...

In this episode, Keith and James interview Table Group’s Jeff Gibson, one of the original consultants. They dive deep on the discipline of being focused, exploring the concept of a Thematic Goal (Rally Cry): why a thematic goal is necessary, how it can unlock the performance of your team and how a good thematic goal can even help overcome burnout. We discuss the concept of OKRs, a common methodolo...

Matt may hold a Table Group Consulting record—having applied the principles of Organizational Health from Patrick Lencioni’s The Advantage in 19 countries! In this episode, we dive into which concepts translate seamlessly across cultures—and which present challenges. Yet, no matter the location, every team of two or more people will face some level of dysfunction in their pursuit of shared results...

In this episode, hosts James Felton and Keith Hadley welcome Matt Tresidder, CEO of Leadr, to discuss his leadership journey, personal mission, and how these experiences shaped the development of Leadr, a software platform designed to provide scaffolding for leaders building healthy organizations. Matt Tresidder is the CEO and co-founder of Leadr, a software platform focused on developing healthy...

Daniel Cowan has the unique joy of leading a diverse, multi-national, and multi-cultural team at Merck across APAC, facing both the challenges and rewards of uniting people from different backgrounds. In this episode, he shares his approach to leadership—treating individuals as unique human beings while fostering a shared purpose. Discover how he builds a cohesive team that collaborates to achieve...

In this episode, James Felton, Casey Thompson, and Daniel Massick are joined by Jason Johnson, CEO of Quick Quack Car Wash. Jason shares his journey, including the challenges of starting a new business, utilizing organizational health principles in making difficult decisions as a CEO, and the value of intentionally creating company culture by consistently driving the core purpose with actionable e...

Rolling out organizational health at scale is no small feat—it’s a challenge that many leaders underestimate. In this episode, we dive into how Table Group is tackling this issue by partnering with a company called Leadr to introduce the Leadr Advantage. Our COO, Cody Thompson, shares the story behind this initiative, exploring the reasons we embarked on this journey, the unique features of the pl...

In this episode, we reflect on the core question: Why do we lead? We’re joined by Cody Thompson, COO of Table Group, for a powerful discussion on what happens when leaders lose sight of their purpose. Leadership isn’t a perk or privilege—it’s a responsibility, and often a weighty one. Drawing inspiration from Patrick Lencioni’s book The Motive, we explore the importance of self-evaluation and rese...

Keith Hadley and Jeff Gibson discuss organizational health with one of Table Group’s first clients: Mark Weidick, CEO of LeaseCrunch. Mark shares his journey as a first-time CEO, through 20 years of using Table Group principles across several different companies and leadership roles. This episode underscores the value of proven frameworks – Core Values, Five Dysfunctions of a Team and Working Geni...

In this episode, Keith, James and Rick Packer from Table Group go deep on the crucial role of middle management. They explore how CEOs and senior execs need to effectively engage and enroll the middle of the organization to drive any initiative forward and see the true impact of their decisions. Explore the why, the who and the how for leveraging the best thinkers and influencers in the organizati...

In this episode, Keith and James are joined by friend, colleague, and author, Mike McHargue. Mike’s first book was published over 6 years ago. His new release, That’s on Me, is an update for our post-Covid world with new stories from seasoned executives sharing their rookie mistakes. This book is the epitome of vulnerability based trust. The stories included are organized around 5 major mistakes:...

Transformation requires humility and open-mindedness. In this week’s episode, Keith is joined by colleague Joyce Schaefer and Jason Smith, CEO of True North Companies, a privately held insurance brokerage and professional services firm. Jason shares his journey as a new CEO and how his team embraced the values of being hungry, humble, and smart. Together, they’ve built a stronger foundation for gr...

This week, Keith is joined by colleague David Hoyt and two Hall of Fame clients, Gary Gray and Alec Kinard – former and current CEO of Graydaze Contracting. Gary and Alec discuss how intentional they were with both the process and timing of transitioning leadership. They emphasize how careful consideration and planning led to a rare story of successful succession for the team at Graydaze.

In this episode, James is joined by colleague and friend Nate Nielsen and their client, Guy Ironi. Guy, CEO of ColdTrack - the country’s largest cold and frozen e-commerce fulfillment platform, has experienced firsthand the importance of focus, alignment and trust on a team. His executive team was already filled with smart, competent individuals, but now they are running the company instead of jus...

Leaders often confront the need to make significant changes to the team's structure. This may be triggered by a change to the business definition or strategy, a change in focus, the departure of a key person or even the impact of rapid growth. In this episode, Keith and James explore a simple approach for making difficult decisions about the makeup of teams - org design, role definition and, o...

Fellow Table Group consultant David Hoyt and his client, Janet Simpson, join James to discuss the Org Health Journey Janet has undertaken as President of TVS Design. TVS is an award-winning architectural and interior design firm working on well-known building projects around the country. In this episode, Janet discusses creating an executive team; building trust and accountability on the team; dev...

James is joined by colleague Casey Thompson and his client Brian Shonbeck, who has successfully built several thriving businesses. In this episode Brian shares: (1) His initial negative beliefs about business consultants; (2) The need to quickly scale knowledge and clarity when experiencing rapid growth; (3) Identifying and communicating Strategic Anchors so employees at every level can make consi...

In this episode, Keith is joined by good friend and colleague Bill Weingartner. Together they interview Len Finkle, CEO of Profisee - the fastest growing master data management company in the world. Len shares about the focus, resilience and consistency that it has taken in order to achieve growth, profitability and heightened employee engagement.

James and Keith are kicking off a new series all about Organizational Health Transformation. You'll hear stories of transformation from leaders and executives who have put in the work. It's more than just training, offsites, coaching or consulting - we’re going for Transformation!

An exec team that is clear and aligned regarding company values and priorities needs a plan for going deeper with clarity. Exactly how to go about this is a nuanced question, and depends on whether the focus is at the Team Level vs. the Org Level. Listen in for specific advice regarding what to do if your leader hasn’t done the work, as well as a word of warning about the danger of a Matrixed Orga...

Hands down, small executive teams have a significant competitive advantage over big ones! Yet - so many leaders opt for larger teams for reasons that make sense, but don’t hold up under scrutiny. Small teams make faster, better decisions and can execute faster than big ones.

In this episode we unpack the base of our Five Dysfunctions pyramid - Trust. How to build it, how to lose it, the benefits of having it and the dangers of lacking it. We explore courage and risk; even when to know whether you can and should trust someone. We end with the charge that slowing down to build trust is the best way to accelerate performance.

In this episode Keith & James explore the meaning of POWER in leadership. Power to do good, to influence, to shape, to solve, to move. We explore an old theory of leadership from researchers French & Raven (1959), called the Five Bases of Power and the implication of their insights for leaders who want to build followership today.

When we change even one member of a team, it becomes a whole new team. Most leaders fail to recognize the impact of bringing a new member onto the executive team. As such, we may overlook the importance of building trust and re-establishing “rules of engagement” that guide our behaviors. And this failure will certainly lead to disappointing results. Email us for a simple “New Leader Assimilation G...