Successfully Managing Transitions: Normal group responses to change
Change, even when it’s positive can be challenging. Learn what signs to watch for and how to deal positively with change.
Tag: leadership
Are You Coachable?
Being coachable is critical to personal and business success. What are you doing to be coachable?
Have We Become An Angry Society?
Are we becoming a society of angry people and will this behavior help us grow and innovate?
Toyota, what have you done?!?
Want to see how to destroy a great reputation that took years to build in just a few short weeks? You might want to talk with Toyota. In their quest to become the world’s largest car company they made a mistake that GM was often considered guilty of. They let quality slip. That alone probably … Continue reading “Toyota, what have you done?!?”
Changing the Way We Hire
Throughout my career, I have been on both sides of the hiring scene. I have dealt with the frustrations of finding a position that best matched my abilities and beliefs, and I also played various roles in hiring at every company I worked for. In either case, I would say the objective was the same: … Continue reading “Changing the Way We Hire”
The Year of Performance
If the feedback I have been getting from executives holds true, 2010 will be the “Year of Performance.” There is a common theme that has been popping up in virtually every discussion I have had over the last few months. And that is quote:”We believe we are at a point where we have the right … Continue reading “The Year of Performance”
The evils of email
t’s amazing how our world has changed in a relatively short period of time. When I attended college (not all that long ago) things like email and the internet were either in their fledgling stages or unheard of. Heck, anyone having a computer in their dorm room was a big deal. Today we are interconnected … Continue reading “The evils of email”
A Discussion on Change Management and How to Make it Work
In my September newsletter I discussed the concept of change. Largely I see the majority of us resistant to change (which I would doubt there would be many arguments against this) and as a society/business community expecting change to happen instantaneously. We are very much in a “now” society. Technology has spoiled us to the … Continue reading “A Discussion on Change Management and How to Make it Work”
Business would be wonderful if I could just fix all these damn problems!
Is that something that you said to yourself? Maybe even thought it a couple times? I think every business owner or executive has come across a point where they wished they knew all the answers. Every business has its challenges. We may think the grass is greener at another company in another industry in another … Continue reading “Business would be wonderful if I could just fix all these damn problems!”
Several months ago I began a new journey that started by simply asking a question. What that question led to was a new direction that could potentially make my business grow to where I dreamed it would be. It all started earlier this year (2009) when I was doing my usual search through LinkedIn. I … Continue reading “”