The Behavior Change Breakdown: 3 Leadership Trends Blocking Performance
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Time: 11 AM EDT / 4 PM BST
Most performance problems trace back to the same failure point: leaders and managers aren’t equipped to turn strategy into consistent, coached, reinforced behavior on their teams.
New 2026 research from Alchemist and RAIN Group—spanning 500+ sales and business leaders—reveals three trends behind this execution gap and what it takes to close it.
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49% of leaders said the proportion of managers meeting performance expectations failed to improve in the past year
63% of leaders say maintaining accountability and execution across their org is challenging
72% of leaders said sustaining behavior change is challenging
Join Alchemist CEO Russell Miller, RAIN Group CEO Scott McDonald, and RAIN Group VP of Client Experience Bethany Talbert as they unpack the data and share what they’re seeing across the organizations they work with.
You’ll leave with specific diagnostic questions you can bring back to your team this week, covering:
How to diagnose the behaviors that need to change to drive performance
What accountability looks like in practice for leaders, and where to start
How organizations can connect development to action and close the execution gap
