Unplanned Leadership… and an Offer for you Leadership isn’t always planned. In fact, the lack of planning is the essence of our business – people development. I am always reminded of this when we begin with a new client. There are many things in life we plan for – education, purchases, meetings, vacations, family gatherings, [...]
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Unplanned Leadership
Monday, September 12th, 2011Tags:business, cantor fitzgerald, client, day, development, education, essence, example of leadership, experience labor, family gatherings, howard lutnick, manhattan resident, odd coincidence, offer, remembrance of september 11, september 11 2001, subway rider, tragedy, travel, way
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Are you engaged?
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010Are You Engaged? What does it mean to be engaged in your work and have engaged employees? How long do you imagine employees will ‘sit’ on uncomfortable feelings about their work before taking action? It might well be much longer than you think. Employee engagement can be a bit like a game of Russian roulette, [...]
Tags:action, com, cost of absenteeism, development, employee engagement, Engaged, era, executive development, Influence, initiative drive, minimum focus, new hires, presenteeism, rise, russian roulette, solution, tight economic times, training, uncomfortable feelings, way
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Bridges, YouTube & the Like
Monday, June 7th, 2010“You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.” – Andrew Carnegie Ladders… bridges… symbolism today. Many of us act as different forms of structure throughout a given day. Whether it’s a ladder, a bridge, an electrical conduit, the list is endless. Whatever I do, whether it’s Executive Coaching, Team [...]
Tags:academy program, Andrew Carnegie, bridge, building relationships, coaching team, Company, company environment, culture mission, development, electrical conduit, environment, environment company, Europe, Executive Coaching, Illinois, ladder, Los Angeles, New York, Rock Island, structure, success, success academy, Sunshine Skyway, sunshine skyway bridge, Tampa, variety, way, year
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Hiring… an art form
Thursday, February 11th, 2010Making good hiring decisions is one of those areas which is so darn costly when done incorrectly. It can be so difficult to consider all the factors: 1. Does the candidate fit our corporate culture 2. Does their personality match those already on the team 3. How will their unique skill set combine with those [...]
Tags:Akio Toyoda, Andrew Young, assessment, coaching, Conan O'Brien, corporate, culture, development, hiring, John Edwards, leadership, on-boarding, staffing, team, Toyota
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Ode to monkey wrenches
Thursday, February 4th, 2010There’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 [...]
Tags:change, consulting, corporate, creative thinking, culture, cutting back, development, effectiveness, employee, flexible, growth, improvement, interpersonal, leadership, opportunity, organizational strategy, personal, reorganization, work options, work/life balance
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