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Communicate to Motivate, Connect, or Enhance Performance

Gen X and Gen Y – Understand, Connect, and Thrive

Given the demographic data we’re facing, our labor force isn’t growing, it’s comprised of people from several generations, and it’s aging. The only age group “bubble” that’s growing is those employees aged 45 and over.

Get Customers. Get to Know Them

I recently received a thank you note from Matt, one of my nephews. I had helped him revise his resume and practice for interviews, as he needed to "get" a co-op in his final semester of college in order to graduate.

Clear Needs Lead to Clear Hires

I received a telephone call recently from a client desperately trying to fill a vacancy in her accounting office. After describing the situation she read the position description to me.

Control Freaks

It's happening again. We've been contacted by several clients all dealing with the same issue: current top management is ready to move on (retire, sell, quit, transfer to a new division, etc.) and there's no staff ready or able to replace them.

Love to Hate Meetings

If you ever want an easy topic to generate debate among a management team, try: Meetings - A waste of time or an effective use of time?

Accountability Allows Leadership

A senior manager recently asked what the difference was between a manager and a leader. I told her: "A manager is responsible for taking care of the here and now. A manager ensures the resources are used efficiently, and plans for maximum utilization of staff, equipment, materials, and capital. A manager knows how to multi-task and deal with ever-shifting priorities.

Communication is a Beautiful Thing

A beautiful thing happened during a client work session this past week: The management team experienced the value of clear, honest communication.

Afraid to Be a Leader?

It's happening again. I'm witnessing a new "leader" become ineffective and the senior team's confidence in him is starting to lag.

How Managers Develop Their Employees

We're working with several organizations helping them prepare their next tier of managers to eventually take over the senior leadership positions.

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