Tag: company
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Leadership Evaluations for Higher Performance
August 2013 A Brief Overview on Leaders Exceptional leaders tend to share a common desire: knowing which problems exist in their organization, so their people, processes and systems can either be improved or removed. After winning the 24 hours of Le Mans, Mario Andretti was asked by a reporter what it felt like to drive…
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Innovate Or Die
August 2013 This article was written back in 2007 in the beginning of the recession, its principles still apply today. What do organizations, such as those in the publishing industry, need to do to ensure survival, readership, and jobs for their people and provide a service to their communities? The publishing industry is at a…
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10 Steps to Personal and Professional Growth
August 2013 1. Awareness 2. Dissatisfaction 3. Affirmation 4. Responsibility 5. Personalized Goal 6. Demoralization 7. Intention 8. Action 9. Self-Support 10. Sustained Change. An Established Habit First, think of something you can do so well that you can teach another other person how to do it. Second, now think about the stages you went…
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Hiring Employees: The Four Requirements
August 2013 Most people look at previous employment history and skill sets to decide on candidate selection. Although past history and skills can be decent indicators of future work, it is far wiser to look at this process through a different set of lenses. Each job actually calls for four major areas to be…
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Successful Leadership: Seven Actions
August 2013 It’s rare to find anything new in the area of employee-leader relations. Effective leaders know the value of establishing trust, setting rigorous and tangible goals, reflecting on and refining practices and procedures, and keeping communication lines open. Here are seven other important considerations that will take your organization to the next level. Grow…
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Leadership Requires Strength & Insight
August 2013 Business Success, Corporate Therapy, Leadership Development/ Executive Coaching, Work Place Articles Clarify the Results and Expectations of the Job Most employees deeply want and need an insightful and strong leader. In every intake interview session I have conducted, the data is clear. People deeply desire a leader who communicates with them, involves them,…
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Strategic Planning: How to Chart your Course for Success
August 2013 Charting Your Course For Success Business Strategy and Implementation, Business Success, Improvement, Leadership Development/ Executive Coaching, Mergers: How to Manage Organizational Change, Project Implementation: How to Create Ownership Overview In order for any business to end the year successfully, it must have begun the year properly by establishing achievable goals at the micro…
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Types of Conflict Resolution & How you can Benefit
August 2013 This is where you are, but… THIS is where you WANT to be… Job stress and burnout are on the rise; absenteeism and turnover are increasing. Talent retention is on the rise. Higher and more consistent morale exists. Stress is reduced and communication is more open among people at all levels. Distrust and…
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How to Create an Office Environment where Change Initiatives can Flourish
Aug 2013 How to create an office environment where change initiatives can flourish This is where you are, but… THIS is where you WANT to be… We find ourselves re-doing our project plan and spinning our wheels. People are not working as a team. Increased cross-functional collaboration and communication. Higher degrees of participation from all members,…
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How to Successfully Merge Department or Company Cultures
Aug 2013 For a project to end successfully, it must begin successfully and this statement could not be more true and the stakes higher then when it comes to any kind of merger or restructure. Long before the CEO’s are finished signing the final documents, the employees of each department or company have already started…