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For over 25 years, Guttman has helped clients create high-performing, horizontal organizations and teams. We play for real.
Principal
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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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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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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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Acceleration is about being first to the future. That requires reducing the hang time of decisions at every level.
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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Achieving results is not the only issue. The question is, can they be sustained? And at what price did you achieve them?
Associate Senior Consultant
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Better to have high-performing leaders everywhere in an organization than a few decision makers at the top.
Associate Senior Consultant
Featured Thinking
Articles & Publications
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June 2014 GDS Insights
June, 2014
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Communicating Effectively: Lessons from High-Performing Organizations
Howard M. Guttman
MWorld
April, 2014
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Guttman Certified as a Woman-Owned Business
Jacqueline Guttman
March, 2014
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Creating a Team of Leaders
Often, Guttman is retained by clients to coach not just individual executives, but an entire team, as it strives to reach high performance. In the case of Redken USA, then-SVP Patrick Parenty brought us in to align his team.
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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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Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
James P. Knight is global chief information officer and executive vice president of Chubb Insurance Company, a top-ten global insurance organization that provides a range
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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...
