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Archive: Leadership

An employee using a forklift in a warehouse
Actual Cogent client
Leadership, Process, Strategy
5 minutes read
·  4 weeks ago
3 signs your business has outgrown your current approach

A utilities company employee is connecting a line to a gas tank.
Actual Cogent client
People, Culture, Hiring, Leadership
5 minutes read
·  2 months ago
The cost of keeping the wrong employees too long

A manufacturer carrying a material on the shop floor
Actual Cogent client
Leadership, Operational efficiency, People, Quality of Life, Strategy
5 minutes read
·  2 months ago
The ultimate test: Can your leadership team operate without you?

Three employees in a lab working with equipment
Actual Cogent client
People, Culture, Hiring, Leadership
4 minutes read
·  2 months ago
Promoting your top performer? Ask these questions first 

Three business leaders going over numbers on a white board
Actual Cogent client
Leadership, Culture, Process
5 minutes read
·  2 months ago
If every decision still comes to you, your managers aren’t really managing

Two body shop employees carrying a car part
Actual Cogent client
Process, Leadership, Operational efficiency, Succession
6 minutes read
·  2 months ago
The recipe nobody wrote down

A manufacturing employee on the shop floor
Actual Cogent client
Leadership, Operational efficiency, People, Strategy
5 minutes read
·  3 months ago
Why business owners always feel busy

Three men in a science lab surrounded by equipment
Actual Cogent client
Leadership
5 minutes read
·  3 months ago
How to build a leadership team that functions

An employee pouring epoxy while his supervisor looks on
Actual Cogent client
People, Leadership
6 minutes read
·  3 months ago
The leadership conversations that happen too late 

A contractor in a hard hat climbing out of a truck cab
Actual Cogent client
Contractors, AI, Financial Planning, Growth planning, Leadership
7 minutes read
·  3 months ago
Why smart construction companies turn down work

Two architects looking over project plans
Actual Cogent client
People, Culture, Leadership, Process
6 minutes read
·  3 months ago
Role clarity vs. personality management: Are you solving the wrong problem?

An employee at a chemical manufacturing facility wiping down a barrel.
Actual Cogent client
Leadership, Hiring
6 minutes read
·  4 months ago
The small leadership habits that keep great employees