by Daphne | Feb 3, 2026 | D. Roth Group
Decision debt rarely shows up as a crisis.It shows up as drag, long before leaders name it. Earlier this week, I shared that observation after reviewing research on how organizations accumulate cost not through poor decisions, but through decisions that are repeatedly...
by Daphne | Jan 22, 2026 | D. Roth Group, DRG Coaching
What QPLP™ Actually Looks Like in Coaching. The coaching industry has become enamored with the aha moment. Insight is celebrated as the breakthrough: something sharp, immediate, and often dramatic. A sudden realization. A powerful reframe. A sentence that...
by Daphne | Jan 8, 2026 | D. Roth Group
Introduction: From Momentum to Capacity As organizations enter Q1 2026, leadership conversations are shifting. The focus is no longer on how quickly teams can move or how visibly leaders can perform. Instead, attention is turning to something more foundational:...
by Daphne | Dec 30, 2025 | D. Roth Group
As the year comes to a close, many leaders are choosing a “word of the year.”Focus. Courage. Growth. Balance. It’s a familiar ritual—simple, hopeful, and easy to carry into January. But leadership rarely unfolds in clean, symbolic arcs. And a single word, however...
by Daphne | Dec 18, 2025 | D. Roth Group
Focus is often treated as a personal discipline problem. If leaders eliminated distractions, sharpened priorities, or managed time more effectively, clarity would follow. But the research and lived leadership experience tell a different story. Leaders rarely lose...
by Daphne | Dec 11, 2025 | D. Roth Group
Organizations pour enormous resources into tools, talent, dashboards, strategy cycles, and transformation programs. Yet performance stalls, execution inconsistencies creep in, and leaders report feeling more stretched—not more effective. The instinctive response is to...