Many of us can recount stories of organizational change initiatives that did not deliver the outcomes promised. This lack of success is not limited to a particular type of initiative. There is an alphabet soup of changes that your organization might have...
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Let’s face it. Sometimes we are going to mess up. The best of us make mistakes, make bad decisions, overlook important details or take on tasks we are not qualified to accomplish. Certainly, we should take steps to prevent errors when possible. Many...
In my previous blog, I addressed the fact that most MANAGERS are not effective and why. Now, we will turn our attention to the same problem as it applies to LEADERS.
How can successful managers help move your company forward? Founded in 2000, Vistaprint is a leading online supplier of customized printed products and marketing tools. In recent years, the company has experienced rapid growth and major increase in...
I recently attended my neighbor's daughter's graduation. She was graduating from a military combat program that was conducted at Fort Jackson in South Carolina. Besides being happy for my neighbors, proud of the young lady that used to babysit my...
Continual innovation may be the most powerful of any competitive advantage for a business. It creates game-changing breakthroughs. Along parallel lines, bit by bit, it also tweaks improvements in existing products, chips away at costs and debugs processes...
In 1918, in a small town in Indiana, a Father gave his son a sheet of paper. On it was written 7 principles which he hoped his son would learn to live by.
Statistics show there are now more women than men in the workforce. The historically white, male hierarchal model has evolved over time, recognizing that women have the skills needed to reach the top of an organization. But as companies face globalization...
It is important to your leadership effectiveness that people hear you and understand you. Yet isn’t it amazing that no matter how carefully you select your words, so many people don’t remember what you said or meant. As soon as you are gone, the words...
It’s Oscar time in Hollywood and one film that is certain to garner some awards is The King’s Speech, a story based on the life of King George VI of Britain and his struggle to overcome a speech impediment. King George worked with a speech coach –...