Category Archives: Transformational Leadership

Public Speaking, Corporate Training, and Facilitation Explained: A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Approach

June 2, 2026

By Phillip Tanzilo, CPTD, MHRM Years of client work across leadership development, organizational development, workplace learning, executive facilitation, keynote speaking, and coaching have taught me something important: not every audience needs the same type of delivery. Organizations often cluster speaking, training, facilitation, coaching, and presentations together because all involve someone standing in front of a […]

Death by PowerPoint? Reframing Visuals to Light Up Learning: Why Visual Learning Tools—Should Enhance, Not Replace, Engagement

June 2, 2026

By Phillip Tanzilo, CPTD, MHRM We’ve all heard “death by PowerPoint.” I have learned to understand why. But I invite you to reframe this. Once, I worked with a client who overloaded slides and every word was on them. Part of this was legal; they needed a reference afterward. But those slides weren’t meant for […]

Human-Centered Transformation in the Age of AI: Why Workforce Transformation Still Depends on Leadership, Trust, and Human Behavior

June 2, 2026

By Phillip Tanzilo, CPTD, MHRM Every conference, article, and executive discussion seems focused on AI, automation, and the future of work right now. It is the bees’ knees today. Those conversations matter. Technology is exponentially reshaping operational systems, customer expectations, and workforce capability requirements. Yet one reality continues standing out across every industry I work […]

The Strategy Execution Gap: Why Great Leaders Still Struggle With Results: The Hidden Connection Between Leadership Alignment, Employee Experience, and Operational Excellence

June 2, 2026

By Phillip Tanzilo, CPTD, MHRM Most organizations do not have a strategy problem. They have an execution problem hiding behind leadership meetings, overloaded calendars, and disconnected priorities. Somewhere between the executive vision and the frontline experience, the strategy slowly loses oxygen. Leaders can feel frustrated which in turn makes employees feel confused. This radiates out […]

Organizational Transformation Isn’t a Training Problem: Why Leadership Development, Culture Transformation, and Strategy Execution Often Fail Together

June 2, 2026

By Phillip Tanzilo, CPTD, MHRM I cannot tell you how many times I’ve walked into an organization where leaders believed the answer was another workshop. Communication issues? Schedule training. Customer complaints? More training. Low accountability? Add another leadership course. Yet after spending time with the organization, I often discover the employees already know what to […]

Telling Your Brand’s Origin Story: The Power of Your Organizational Heart and Soul

September 14, 2023

Telling Your Brand’s Origin Story: The Power of Your Organizational Heart and Soul It’s easy to focus on stats and strategies in the hustle of our modern workplace. I see this all too often where well-intentioned leaders focus on stats and strategies in the hustle of our modern workplace There’s something important, we can’t overlook […]

Hiring Superheroes: How to Assemble an Unstoppable Culture Dream Team

September 8, 2023

Today I want to share something near and dear to my heart: #hiringtips and #interviewskills to build your dream team.  People are the foundation, the heart and soul for literally everything within an organization.  I meet with many leaders and people across many industries and can instantly tell if people are engaged with a desire […]

Preparing the Modern Multi-generational Workforce for Leadership Roles: Legacy Leadership

March 23, 2018

The most common trend today is preparing the workforce differently than we have for retiring Baby Boomers and Generation X. Because the modern workforce is quite different than in prior decades with multiple generations present in the workplace, we must prepare the workforce differently and grow leaders in new ways. We must create “legacy leadership.” […]