D. Roth Group
Practical Tools

For the work that has to move.

Some challenges don't need another meeting, a lengthy engagement, or more theory. They need a practical way to examine what's happening and determine what deserves attention.

D. Roth Group Practical Tools are research-informed resources developed for leaders and professionals navigating real organizational challenges.

Why Practical Tools

Built for the moment you're already in.

The work doesn't stop while you figure out what to do next.

Practical Tools are designed for moments when something important needs to be examined, clarified, or moved forward. Each tool focuses on a specific challenge and provides enough structure to help you think more clearly without prescribing an answer.

They're grounded in research, translated for practical use, and designed to be used when the need is real, not someday.

Executive Challenge Series™

One challenge. A practical place to begin.

The Executive Challenge Series™ examines recurring organizational challenges through focused, research-informed tools designed for practical use.

Each Challenge begins with a specific problem and helps the user examine what may be happening before determining what to do about it.

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Challenge 001

Competing Priorities

Everything matters. Everything doesn't fit.

When multiple legitimate priorities compete, deciding what comes first may not solve the real problem.

Challenge 001: Competing Priorities is a research-informed publication that examines organizational conditions that can produce or sustain competing-priority conflict. It helps leaders look beneath the visible competition and consider what may actually be interfering with the outcome the work is intended to achieve.

The included Application Companion provides a practical way to apply that thinking to a real situation—from understanding what is happening and identifying the problem that matters, to determining what moving forward requires and whether the decision actually changed the work.

Included with your purchase:

  • Challenge 001: Competing Priorities
  • Application Companion
  • Designed PDF editions for primary use
  • EPUB editions for convenient reading on compatible devices

Individual professional use

Get Challenge 001 — $89
Our Approach

Research underneath. Practical on the surface.

The work behind a useful tool should be rigorous. Using it shouldn't have to be.

D. Roth Group Practical Tools draw from academic and credible practitioner research, real-world organizational experience, and focused examination of the challenge being addressed.

The goal isn't to give you more information to manage. It's to translate what matters into something you can actually use.

Start with what needs attention now.

Practical Tools will continue to grow as new organizational challenges are examined and developed.

For now, begin with Challenge 001: Competing Priorities.

Get Challenge 001 — $89