Bridging the gap between individual and team performance
Individual contribution and collective performance are connected, but Role Fit and Team Fit remain different questions.
Alexis del Río · July 22, 2024 · 2 min readInsights
Workforce decisions, examined in context.
Cornerstone reading
Start with the connected context.
Not all groups are teams: How can you tell the difference?
Shared reporting lines create a group; interdependent work and shared accountability create a team.
Alexis del Río · May 28, 2024 · 2 min read
Unlocking Human Potential: Self-Awareness and Leadership in the Age of AI
Why self-awareness and human judgment remain essential as AI changes how evidence is organized and work is performed.
Alexis del Río · April 28, 2025 · 2 min read
The importance of aligning leadership, organizational, and individual culture
Culture becomes visible where leadership behavior, organizational decisions and individual values meet.
Alexis del Río · December 26, 2024 · 2 min read
Human-centered leadership in business transformation
Transformation becomes credible when leaders connect strategy, context, communication, trust and human accountability.
Alexis del Río · November 13, 2024 · 2 min read
Mediocrity is Comfortable—Until It’s Costly
How organizational inertia, leadership avoidance and promotion systems can normalize underperformance.
Alexis del Río · June 11, 2025 · 2 min readAll current Insights
Engagement Is Contextual: Behaviors, Values and the Conditions Around Work
Observable behavior can inform an engagement conversation, but engagement cannot be diagnosed from a personality profile.
Alexis del Río · June 19, 2023 · 2 min readLeaders, coaches and managers: Respect, brains, and hearts
Respect people, value their intellect and acknowledge the human experience behind performance.
Chris Houghtaling · May 15, 2023 · 2 min readThe importance of self-awareness in business and the workforce
Self-awareness develops through feedback, reflection and attention to how behavior affects work relationships.
Alexis del Río · April 19, 2023 · 2 min readWhy do some top performers fail in managerial roles?
Excellence in an individual-contributor role does not automatically provide the competencies or context required for management.
Alexis del Río · April 1, 2023 · 2 min readAddressing the root cause of poor performance
Performance concerns require evidence and a systemic diagnosis—not an automatic assumption that the problem originates within the employee.
Alexis del Río · March 27, 2023 · 2 min readHigh-Performance Sales Roles: Behavior, Values, Competencies and Context
There is no single sales personality; alignment depends on the sales model, role requirements, competencies, values and team conditions.
Alexis del Río · March 23, 2023 · 2 min readThe Case for Job/Career Jumpers
Non-linear careers can carry transferable, multidimensional capability that a conventional résumé screen may fail to reveal.
Alexis del Río · May 12, 2020 · 3 min read