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Go-Live Isn’t the Finish Line: Why Execution ≠ Adoption

By ALULA posted in Leadership, Organizational Transformation, Change, Senior Leadership, Transformation

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Once you’ve reached the go-live stage of a big transition project, you’ll be greeted with both good news and bad news.

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When Productivity Measures Backfire: How a Food Distributor Cut Costs 23% by Measuring What Actually Matters

By ALULA posted in Behavior, Operational Excellence, Alignment, Case Study, Performance Improvement

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Imagine this scenario: You've just implemented comprehensive productivity metrics across your operation. Every department now has clear, measurable targets. Keystrokes per hour, cases handled, delivery times—everything is being tracked with precision.

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The Missing Variable in Operational Excellence: What a Mining Company's 157% Performance Jump Teaches Us

By ALULA posted in Behavior, Operational Excellence, Safety, Case Study

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How measuring the right behaviors unlocked extraordinary results without new equipment or processes

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A Leader's Role in Improving Safety Performance

By ALULA posted in Leadership, Safety

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Audits tell us whether employees are following safety procedures, right? Not necessarily.

Audits don’t always tell the whole story. I’ve seen cases where well-trained employees looked good on the audit yet had a troubling number of incidents on the job.

I’ve seen situations where companies have an admirable history of safety practice yet still experience fatalities—and in one case, two-thirds of the deaths occurred in high-risk areas.

How is this happening when their audits looked so good?

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Strategy Execution: The Four Questions Every Leader Must Answer

By ALULA posted in Leadership, Strategy Execution, Leader-Led Change

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Here’s what keeps executives awake at night: You’ve got a brilliant strategy. Your board loves it. Your investors are excited. Your team is energized.

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The Parable of Ted Lasso: Leadership, Context, and the Limits of Optimism

By ALULA posted in Leadership, Team Culture, Performance Improvement

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As many people know, Ted Lasso is a popular television series that follows the journey of an American college football coach who is unexpectedly hired to manage an English Premier League soccer team. The twist? Ted Lasso has no experience with soccer. The team’s owner hired him hoping he’ll fail—part of a scheme to get back at her ex-husband, who loved the club [1].

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Snakes, Haters, and Derailers: How to Spot Resistance in Your Senior Leadership Team

By ALULA posted in Behavior, Leadership, Change, Transformation

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Can you spot resistance in your senior leadership team?

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Case Study: The $500 Million Human Element

By ALULA posted in Behavior, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Team Culture, Culture, Coaching, Case Study, Manufacturing, Lifesciences, Performance Improvement

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When Process Meets Behavior

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“Uncertainty Fatigue”: The Invisible Force Draining Your Team’s Engagement and Productivity

By ALULA posted in Leadership, Organizational Transformation, AI, Wellbeing

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Why Your Brain Is Sabotaging Your Success (And How to Outsmart It)

By ALULA posted in Behavior, Change, Prompt

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First in a three-part series on the power of prompts

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