In this 30-minute session, Dr. Jessica Kriegel, Culture Partners' Chief Strategy Officer, will explore the how to align your culture, purpose, and strategy to achieve results.

Writing Surrender to Lead was the most uncomfortable “practice what you preach” experience of my career. First of all, writing doesn’t come naturally to me. Second of...

I’ve said my New Year’s resolution is to answer a bigger call, and I meant it. The problem is that Q1 doesn’t politely make space for transformation. It shows up with...

Replay each session from Culture Partners' 2026 Surrender to Lead Summit, and hear from exceptional leaders about the power of surrender.

Yesterday we hosted our first ever Surrender to Lead Summit, and what struck me most was how quickly the conversation moved past aspiration and into responsibility. My...

This week, Jessica sat down with Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer at Cisco, to explore one of the most consequential leadership challenges of our time: how to advance artificial intelligence at global scale while remaining deeply responsible to humanity.

Six days. That’s how far away we are from the Surrender to Lead Summit, and I keep coming back to the same thought. This started as a book, but it quickly became a...

Last year, my New Year’s resolution was simple. I wanted to raise the stakes. I wanted to stretch myself, take bigger risks, and stop playing at the edges of my own...

As organizations look toward 2026, many leaders are asking what it will take to play offense in an increasingly uneven environment. The answer shows up less in new...

This week, Jessica sat down with Bill Cheney, CEO of SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union, to explore what it really means to lead in a member-owned, mission-driven financial institution—and why the cooperative model creates a fundamentally different kind of culture.

Two weeks ago I released the first half of my predictions for 2026 and today I have part two for you. Leaders wrote in with concerns, questions, and stories about the...

Last week Business Insider ran a hit piece on SHRM, and they got it all wrong. The reaction to SHRM says more about the state of HR than anything SHRM actually...

This week, Jessica sat down with Greg Schaefer, founder of Schaefer Enterprises and a committed endurance athlete, to talk about what it really takes to push beyond limits—on the trail and in business.

It’s that time of year again. Time to look into our crystal ball and figure out what is to come. Through conversations with CEOs, research and client...

Last week we explored the quiet ways uncertainty shapes leadership behavior and culture. There is another pattern that appears in the same conditions. Instead of moving...