The Risk We Calculate
If you haven't figured it out by now, ADG is laser focused on the human element inside each of our portfolio companies. Every day we...
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Stephen Leckenby
Aug 25, 20184 min read
Understanding Our "Why"
If you have had a chance to peruse the ADG website, you may have come across our Mission Statement, “To operate a portfolio of highly...
Jon Reed
Apr 25, 20182 min read
Culture to Performance | Part 4 | Adaptability: Three Rules That Shape Your Company’s Performance
In part 2 of this series we recognized the need for Consistency in driving Core Values, Agreement, and Coordination and Integration. And,...
Jon Reed
Jan 9, 20182 min read
Culture to Performance | Part 3 | Mission: Choose to Accept It
Why does it seem like projects, or work in general, sometimes become like an episode of Mission: Impossible? Plenty of action and drama...
Jon Reed
Oct 18, 20172 min read
Culture to Performance | Part 2 | Consistency: The Ties that Bind
It isn’t unusual for companies to define values along with their Mission, Vision, Description, Purpose… etc. But do those “values” represent
Jon Reed
Aug 22, 20172 min read
Culture to Performance | Part 1 | Involvement: The Exclusive to Everyone Club
With Jack Welch’s final corporate initiative as CEO at GE, people in all parts of the organization, in all parts of the world, were...
Jon Reed
Aug 10, 20172 min read
Defining Culture
A quick Google search for an understanding of organizational culture will quickly identify that…there’s no such thing as a quick Google...
Jon Reed
Mar 29, 20172 min read
First Thing on the List
Sales growth, profitability, customer loyalty… just a short list of things that live in the front of business leader’s minds. And while...
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