Most major change initiatives in business fail to achieve their desired results. This is a shocking fact, when you consider how much is at stake when you undertake change — whether it's a company reorganization, new technology implementation, new products/services, you name it. And even the most successful initiatives are often painful and time-consuming to implement.

Resilience is the capacity to bounce back from the failures and setbacks that every leader faces. Making lemons into lemonade is an art that every leader will want to cultivate.

In this audio interview, Executive Networks hosted Interaction Associates' Chief Consulting Officer Kevin Cuthbert, discussing resilience at work. The interview was part of Executive Networks' NetConnect series. Find out more about Executive Networks here.

First, we measured "employee satisfaction." Then, business became obsessed with tracking "employee engagement." Now there's a new measurement in town: "employee involvement."

Employee involvement has been shown to drive success in companies and organizations around the world. Learn what this means for you in this article (pdf)  by Andrew Atkins, published in Rotman Magazine. Read it here.

Business leaders are embracing collaborative leadership to drive strong business results. What is collaborative leadership – and what's involved in making it work in your organization? How can you know if you have what it takes to be an effective collaborative leader? (Hint: Try the self-test!)

We sought to answer those questions and others in an article that unpacks the value of collaborative leadership for driving business results.

The piece is published in the Winter 2013 edition of Training Industry Quarterly.

What is "resilience," and why do leaders need it?

Enjoy this complimentary podcast exploring the leadership capability called "Resilience," featuring Interaction Associates' Chief Consulting Officer Kevin Cuthbert.

Cuthbert is the co-author of the book, "Lemonade: The Leader's Guide to Resilience at Work." The book is co-written with Alan Graham and Karlin Sloan.

Resilience is the capacity to bounce back from the failures and setbacks that every leader faces. Making lemons into lemonade is an art that every leader will want to cultivate.

One of the biggest challenges to emerge from the 2012 Building Trust in Business research is the current perception of the lack of leadership transparency, predictability and consistency. This challenge stands in direct conflict with building trust.

In this free podcast, Patty McManus shares her insights into this problem and possible methods to address it.

Download the 2012 Building Trust in Business research report, here.

Have you seen the 1970’s film, “The Lion in Winter?” At its heart, the classic movie (available on Netflix, and highly recommended) is a story of lost trust. After years of marriage and nine children, Henry II (Peter O’Toole) has lost his trust in Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katherine Hepburn).

Collaboration — the concept and the practice — is experiencing a renaissance among business leaders these days. Many of our clients are telling us they need to reinvigorate their organizations' ability to work across all kinds of silos, levels, and boundaries. Everybody has to get faster at making smart decisions and much more reliable at implementing change. We call that  "collaborative acumen" — when leaders help people come together, be their best, and get it done.