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Procrastination Leadership

Take a look around your office. Look at your desk. Look at your email In-Box. As you look at the various piles of papers and streams of emails, ask yourself, "What am I dodging? What am I trying to delay?

Leadership – Do You Have What It Takes?

Jack Welch indicated some of his keys to Leadership success in his book “Jack – Straight from the Gut”. As the CEO of General Electric, he realized tremendous success.

Work-Life or Life-Work Balance?

The Herman Group issued a great report that indicates more and more employees are seeking employment with organizations that value their corporate values.

Don’t Be a Wimpy Manager

What's a wimpy manager? It's a manager who isn't honest, fair, and clear with her employees on her expectations. It's a manager who believes she's being nice by not telling her employees when they're under-performing, veering off-track, or flat-out behaving in unacceptable ways.

If Something Feels ‘Off’ It Probably Is

I messed up – big time. I knew deep in my gut something had to be wrong, but for some reason, I didn't have a frank, direct Necessary Conversation™ with Joseph.

Have The Courage To Show Respect

I'm not sure what's going on lately, but I'm encountering more rude managers than ever before. Maybe it's the economy. Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's a sign of the times.

Use It or Lose It

We've hit that part of the Strategic Planning process with a few of our clients: It's time for them to put what they've developed to the test. Specifically, a few clients are facing difficult situations with select key staff members.

Can You Provide Extraordinary Service?

What do you think of when you hear "Extraordinary Customer Service?" For most business owners or managers, when we hear those three words we immediately think of costly endeavors to win over or win back customers.

Are You Asking Enough of Your Managers?

Are you frustrated with your managers, supervisors, or project managers? Do they blame others when budgets are blown and deadlines are missed? Do they point fingers when their teams are deadlocked over problems?

Show Up

I learned that a client started a program in which every manager is part of a team to help less-experienced staff learn basic project management techniques. Each team will identify and work on a project collaboratively.

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