Posts Tagged ‘consulting’

Same old story, well…

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

It’s really the same old story. Every time. You ask someone successful what the magic trick is to succeed and they say “do what you love.” I belong to a New York City based organization of Organizational Psychologists and we meet monthly along with awe inspiring research presentations on leadership, human resource challenges, new ideas [...]

Ode to monkey wrenches

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

There’s always that one monkey wrench that gets thrown in your way at some point on a project, in your path on the way toward a goal, hanging in the sidelines, dooming completion, throwing you for a loop, — and it’s okay, really. We have this tendency to want order in our efforts – of [...]

Benefits of a challenging economy

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

I recently completed a consulting project for a global hotel chain where about 15 different consultants were brought together to solve a problem inadvertently affecting the bottom line. Each of us came with varied backgrounds and consulting experiences. The most amazing part of the project, in addition to anticipated affects on long-term profitability, was how [...]

Leadership – a case in point

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Yesterday I noticed Jack Welch posted a comment on Twitter questioning how companies with executive compensation limits would compete in the war for talent. Today NYT writer Kristof post stated that “Half the Sky” made the NYT best-seller list for the 4th week, calling it a “triumph for bleeding hearts!” “Half the Sky” is a [...]