If a person sells leadership, is your assumption that they are a leader? Perhaps, they know that the topic is hot and they are really focused on selling you leadership. If a person is a good salesmen, they can also persuade a lot of people to see the world their way.Whether it's an … [Read more...]
Monday, March 28, 2011
Information Age Publishing
Publishing in the information age is easy and convenient. Yet, there are still corporate overseers trying to control, rather than grow their talent. It's comical that organizations can see the speed and efficiency the internet has afforded everyone around them. Yet, their strategies are latent … [Read more...]
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Strengths: Ideas Over Pragmatics
There are people who lean towards ideas and others who are grounded in pragmatics. This is known as the Cognitive scale in our strengths testing. You are somewhere on this scale and your scoring shows up in your tendencies.Planning may be more enjoyable than visioning. Principles may be … [Read more...]
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Irrelevant Uncertainty In Your Decisions
Actions and decisions are what drive you forward. Many of these will be wrong or wasteful. It's difficult in a fast-paced or changing world to get all of the data to make perfect decisions and act accordingly.Uncertainty can impede your decision-making. However, uncertainty is often present. … [Read more...]
Friday, January 21, 2011
Build Something
If the economy is doing badly and you can't find a job, then why are you wasting hours that could be used to build something? Everything you do is about converting work hours to something valuable. Valuable things translate into fans or money. Complaints and laziness translate into lost … [Read more...]
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Change: Same Old Script
In our management consulting, the process of change is the hardest part of success. Implementing business systems, designing process or creating new strategies pale in comparison as far as the effort and challenge of helping people adopt new behaviors for the better.In the new book, Switch: … [Read more...]
Friday, October 16, 2009
The Convenience Factor
We all hate waiting. We have become a nation of snobs as we have increased demands on our time and attention. If I have to get through a complex directory to reach you, guess what? I move on to your competitor who is easier to reach, and I get to solve my problem now.Responsiveness … [Read more...]
