Craig Pattison FCIPD
My career includes executive and senior leadership roles across listed, private-equity-backed and regulated businesses, including as Chief People Officer and Chief Technology Officer.
That breadth matters. I have worked across people, technology, marketing, strategy, transformation and organisational change, so I understand how decisions in one part of a business can create consequences somewhere else. Senior leadership challenges rarely sit neatly within one function.
I have experienced the reality behind the decisions: competing priorities, organisational politics, imperfect information and the accountability that comes with having to deliver an outcome.
That experience informs how I work today. Root-to-Result® starts with the outcome you want and provides the discipline to work systematically beneath it, understand what is really shaping it and identify where attention will make the greatest difference.
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Root-to-Result® brings structure and discipline to how I diagnose what may be preventing progress.
It starts with the outcome you want. From there, we work beneath the presenting issue to explore the factors that may be shaping that outcome, rather than assuming that what is most visible tells us everything we need to know.
We then return to the outcome to assess what has changed, what has held and what may still need attention.
Latest Insights
Perspectives on the leadership challenges, decisions and dynamics that can get in the way of progress.
Current thinkingThe Cost of Politeness
Most senior teams do not avoid difficult issues because people are incapable. They avoid them…
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The Broadening Role
When AI Expands the Role, Who Owns the Decision? By Ann Harten and Craig Pattison…
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The Emergence of the Diamond
In this second article in the series on AI, organizational design and leadership capability, Ann…
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