Career Development is one of those things that often gets a lot more talk than action.
It typically is a very highly ranked “want” on employee surveys.
As a manager, Career Development is tough to provide for a few reasons:
Lesson from the dogsAbout a year ago, I went dogsledding in Canmore, Canada.
It was great. And ever since then, when I have a discussion with an executive about their organization, I think back to this experience.
I’ve said this before, there is no more important thing you can do as a business leader than to build the right team. Read More
Throughout my whole career I kept hearing discussions about consensus vs. command and they always rubbed me the wrong way…
What actually works was never such a mystery to me.
The problem is that people would talk about consensus or command as the only two choices for management style. Read More
Happy New Year everyone!
I told this story in a recent member call…
It was when I got my first real executive job. I was reporting directly to the GM of a billion dollar business.
I had multiple levels of management in my organization and I had global responsibility. Read More
First of all, Happy Holidays!!
If you are ready to start thinking about what you want next year… read on.
Otherwise, it will keep. Save this for later, and enjoy your time with vacation, family and friends.
This month’s Business Leaders’ webinar was on
NEXT YEAR’S CAREER PLAN
If you missed it you can
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(which includes the presentation, and useful worksheets and templates.) Read More
Delegating is not just about assigning work.
Delegating is about making sure that the right work gets done at the right level, and making your team more capable.
As a leader, you always need to think about building a more capable team. Read More
This month’s Business Leaders’ webinar was on
LEADING BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
If you missed it you can
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Over the past year, my work with clients has focused me on the part of business that is about getting your organization to execute. Read More
Awhile back I wrote an article about how BMW “pseudo-service” repels customers.
For those that did not read the prior article, the gist is that as an owner of a new BMW your choice is to get free service from BMW that you dislike (because of the awful and useless, “give me a 5” survey process I described) or to get good, paid-for, service from someone else. Read More
Hi Everyone,
As I looked at my list of upcoming blog topics and partially written posts, I couldn’t help thinking that with the election today, and the recovery efforts and the ongoing suffering from hurricane Sandy…
Picture from Hugh MacLeod: Gaping Void Cartoons
Does anyone really need an email from Patty Azzarello this week? Read More
This month’s Business Leaders’ webinar was on
SUCCEEDING WITH VIRTUAL & REMOTE TEAMS
If you missed it you can
Download the Podcast
or
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(which includes the presentation, and useful worksheets and templates.)
(more information below)
Here is what we talked about:
In business today, it’s important to recognize that it’s not just our companies that are global. Read More
