Posts by JM Consulting Group, LLC

Last week, I wrote about change fatigue and how in many ways leader have become the  organization’s chief change agents. They are expected to absorb pressure from above, create clarity for the people below, and keep teams engaged and productive through continuous transformation. And increasingly, they are being asked to do that while leading larger…

Most organizations are focused on accelerating change. But very few are talking about the emotional toll continuous change is having on employees and the leaders responsible for keeping teams engaged through it. In today’s workplace, the issue is often not resistance to change, but exhaustion from it. Organizations that recognize the difference will be far…

Recently, I grabbed a cup of coffee and walked by the NYSE and took this picture. As many times as I’ve seen the Fearless Girl in the news and walked by it, this time felt different. Looking at her, I wasn’t thinking about markets, headlines, or corporate boardrooms. I was brought back to being a…

We would never expect an elite athlete to attend one preseason clinic and then compete all year. Yet that’s exactly how many organizations treat leadership development. In sports, training dominates the calendar. In corporate life, “game day” dominates. Leaders are coaching, deciding, presenting, hiring, firing, aligning, and navigating ambiguity all while the scoreboard is running.…

As 2025 closes, a lot of us will sit down to “reflect” on the year. But many of us are not truly reflecting, we’re ruminating. One fuels growth. The other quietly drains energy, confidence, and performance. Rumination is repetitive, looping focus on what went wrong, why you feel bad, and what’s wrong with you, without moving…

When the winds of change shift direction, do you resist or adjust your sails to move forward? In today’s economy, uncertainty is the only constant. Markets shift overnight, strategies need rapid pivots, and leaders often feel pressure to provide certainty they can’t deliver. But the most effective leaders don’t eliminate uncertainty, they reframe it. They…

Today is World Listening Day, a global observance dedicated to the art and importance of listening, held every year on July 18 in honor of Raymond Murray Schafer, a Canadian composer, environmentalist, and pioneer in the field of acoustic ecology. Schafer believed that the way we listen to the world matters, that the soundscapes around us shape our relationships, our environments,…

In a recent article titled “The Conflict Intelligent Leader,” published in Harvard Business Review, Peter T. Coleman, a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, examines the significance of cultivating “conflict intelligence tools.” In an increasingly interconnected world the ability to navigate conflict has never been more critical. Organizations and leaders must be equipped to manage disagreements effectively…

Gallup recently published their “State of the Global Workplace: Understanding Employees, Informing Leaders,” 2025 report. According to Jon Clifton, the CEO of Gallup, “we are witnessing a pivotal moment in the global workplace – one where engagement is faltering at the exact time artificial intelligence is transforming in its path.”  Gallup’s data shows that in 2024 the global…

How about open-mindedness? It is the willingness to actively search for evidence against one’s favored beliefs, plans, or goals and to weigh such evidence fairly when it is available. Imagine a world where individuals are eager to hear different perspectives, where conflict transforms into constructive dialogue, curiosity fuels innovation, and collaboration becomes the pathway to…