Something for all of us Boomer Managers to Read…

Dec 10, 2015 | Guest Post

Here's something for each of you who manages others, especially if you're a Boomer, to read and then discuss with all of your team members: Boomers, Xers, and Millennials together. After you read it, I’d like you to consider this: It’s not a matter of who is right and who is wrong; it’s a matter of perspective and experience. And by experience, I don’t mean who has had more. I mean, what has each of you, Boomer, Millennial, and Xer, has experienced – so far – in your life and how it’s shaped...

7 Training Tips from Laura Stack

Jun 3, 2014 | Guest Post

Laura Stack stopped by the blog today to share her "7 Tips for Training Small Business Employees without Blowing the Budget". 7 Tips for Training Small Business Employees without Blowing the Budget Employee training is an important aspect of business growth. However, with today’s major focus on cost cutting, training is often one of the first things to go when budgets are tight. However, because motivation or skill level can be impacted, which in turn affects engagement or productivity,...

Vicki Hess on The Missing Piece of the Employee Engagement Puzzle

Mar 11, 2014 | Guest Post

Vicki Hess, CSP stopped by today; read as she shares what’s missing in most discussions about employee engagement. The Missing Piece of the Employee Engagement Puzzle By Vicki Hess, CSP Over the last decade, billions of dollars and millions of hours have been invested by organizations across the country to foster greater employee engagement, yet employee disengagement is still at or near all-time highs. Why? Because we’ve been missing a key piece of the engagement puzzle: the employees!...

Killer Sales Strategy

Mar 6, 2014 | Guest Post

I read the following article by Jill Konrath. With her permission, I’m sharing it with you so we all will remember this the next time we’re behind the wheel… Avoid This Killer Sales Strategy at All Costs This is the most important blog post I've ever written. It's about what happened exactly one year ago today. Please read it and share it with others. Last week a friend told me about a recent fender bender. While driving, he'd been dictating an email on his cell phone. He wanted to get a few...

Guest | Ted Coiné

Feb 11, 2014 | Guest Post

This week I'd like to share one of my favorite articles as it speaks so clearly to what I've communicated to my clients over the years. The article was written by Ted Coiné, who has agreed to allow me to post this on my site: Dear CEO: Who Tells You When Your Baby Is Ugly? We leaders have a big, big problem. It’s called information filtering, and every social group does it – family, circle of friends, and certainly staff. The larger a company gets, the more layers of management separate...