Brad Haudan

Brad leads Root’s competency center, which focuses on large-scale change initiatives, and he also oversees Root’s account management team focused on client delivery and account growth. He helps C-suite executives align on and deploy their corporate strategy via a facilitated 8-step process and Root’s core competencies.

Brad has developed deep industry expertise in the homebuilding and building materials industry, with a recent focus on healthcare providers and life sciences. Some of his long-standing clients include: Masco, Life Technologies, PPG, PulteGroup, and Convergys.

Posts by Brad Haudan

The Strategy Activation Leader

The world’s best strategy activation leader intuitively lives by these beliefs and knows they’re no longer measured by their individual brilliance but by their ability to serve others by shifting mindsets and building capabilities across the enterprise.
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Are You Engaging Your People in the Story of Your Strategy?

Interested in improving your leadership skills? Read this excerpt of Brad Haudan's interview with Karin Blair on how to engage others in your strategy story.
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How Successful Strategies Win: Strategy Activation Process

Strategic change is a process. Do you have the right plan in place & the know-how to execute it successfully?
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Taming the Beast: Your Guide to a Consistent Decision-Making Process

Smart decision-making creates countless benefits for your business. Do you have an effective process in place?
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The Five Fundamental Beliefs to Successful Strategy Execution

Five tips to help leaders craft a strategic plan that can be the gateway to sustained success.

The Chief Strategy Officer of the Future

The best chief strategy officers I engage with today are not only analytically brilliant, but they are also world-class storytellers and architects of change plans to evolve culture or build new organizational capabilities.
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Three Behaviors You Need in Your Inspirational Leader Toolkit

I often hear executives remark, “that person has innate leadership skills.” And they could be right – inspirational leaders are all around us…
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You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a First Impression: Day 1 Merger Best Practices

When it comes to mergers, a compelling Day 1 is the first step, a very powerful step, in creating a thriving single organization.
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Corporate Strategy Execution: The Five Fundamental Truths

Corporate Strategy Execution is important, fast, and difficult. Get a head start on your next strategy roll-out with these Five Fundamental Truths.
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Your Integration Insurance Policy

During an integration, time is of the essence. With every day that goes by, the cost synergies that formed the rationale for the integration dissolve as a
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Five Fundamental Truths of Corporate Strategy Execution

What do strategy, engagement, and culture have in common? These words are frequently used in the boardrooms of companies in Fortune 500 America