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For 30 years, Guttman has helped clients create high-performing, horizontal organizations and teams.
Principal
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For Guttman consultants getting results is half the battle. How you get them is the other half.
Associate Senior Consultant
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Accelerating performance means decelerating conflict, reducing decision cycle time, minimizing noise, and breaking down silos. Friction is the enemy of speed.
Associate Senior Consultant
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The tipping point for becoming a high-performance team is when peers hold peers—and the leader—accountable for results.
Associate Senior Consultant
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Guttman views leadership not as a title or position, but as a set of high-performing, organization-wide behaviors.
Associate Senior Consultant
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In Guttman’s view, organizations are aligned when they are in sync both vertically and horizontally.
Associate Senior Consultant
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Horizontal organizations don’t just happen. They are counterintuitive and must be created, which is a central goal of Guttman’s consulting approach.
Associate Senior Consultant
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Empowerment puts a heavy burden on leaders, who must ensure that those held accountable for results are prepared to deliver them.
Associate Senior Consultant
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Alignment for Top Performance: What It Is and How to Achieve It
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Articles & Publications
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7 Questions to Restart Smart
Howard M. Guttman
July, 2020
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Setting Work-Life Balance in the Age of COVID-19
Howard M. Guttman
April, 2020
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Crucial Communications for High-Performance Teams During COVID-19
Howard M. Guttman
April, 2020
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How Sabra Spreads High-Performance
Ronen Zohar is CEO of U.S.-based Sabra Dipping Company, LLC, a leading spread and dip company known for its line of refrigerated products, including hummus, salsa, and guacamole. It operates in four countries and employs 700 people. Sabra was founded in 2007 as a 50-50 joint venture between PepsiCo and Israeli-based food manufacturer, Strauss.
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Managing Conflict/Influencing -- Ricola, U.S.
To meet the challenges of business growth in a tough market, William D. Higgins, president of Ricola U.S., and his team worked with Guttman, used a phased approach to
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Adding High-Perfrormance Zest to Growing a Start-up
Todd Lachman is CEO and president, and Lisa O’Driscoll is senior vice president, people and organization of Sovos Brands, a new kind of food and beverage company. Sovos’s mission is to acquire and rapidly grow a portfolio of one-of-a-kind iconic brands, such as Rao’s Homemade, the leading brand of super-premium pasta sauce, and Michael Angelo’s Gourmet Foods, a leading producer of premium frozen Italian entrees.
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Are You a High-Performance Leader?
How well do you stack up against our criteria for high-performance leadership? Take the following brief quiz to find out. Answer yes, no, or I don’t know to each of the following questions...
