2017-03-06 17:11
Imagine you opened shop right next to your own company with the intention of putting your current company out of business. How would you do it? What things would you change? Spoiler alert:… Read More
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Glory Foods is a pre-seasoned, canned vegetable company that provides various homemade vegetables, precooked and ready to eat.
2017-02-14 16:37
Management people in organizations of all sizes and types come together in meetings for a variety of reasons. This may be to:
• Plan strategy or major goals
• Share important info… Read More
2017-02-02 20:44
Being able to perform at our best today but having the scope to achieve more in the future is the goal of most individuals in both a personal and a work environment. These same two factors … Read More
2017-01-10 01:56
Most leaders hope that innovation and creativity will flourish in their teams and across their organization. However, without a strategy for this to happen it is likely to be an aspiration r… Read More
2017-01-03 17:27
Nothing frustrates managers’ more than needless wastes of time. Since there are always plenty of real/important tasks to be done and problems to be addressed, adding time-consuming non… Read More
2016-12-12 02:41
There are only so many hours in the day, so making the most of your time and resources is critical-both for a leader and his or her team. There are 5 key ways increase your individual or co… Read More
2016-11-03 16:37
From letters to emails, telephones to mobiles and typewriters to computers, the workplace has already developed significantly in the last 25–30 years. Every workplace is therefore usin… Read More
2016-10-28 02:50
Many companies, small and large, want to establish greater levels of innovation in individuals, team and whole departments but this often comes down to whether or not the leader creates the… Read More
2016-10-21 03:51
In the US alone, by 2050, the population aged 65 and over is projected to be 83.7 million, almost double the population of 43.1 million in 2012. The baby boomers are largely responsible for… Read More
2016-10-13 21:09
We talk a lot about leadership in terms of the knowledge or skills we need to become more competent, most of which can be developed with training or coaching. However, one big part of becom… Read More
2016-10-07 00:38
The Leadership Author Warren Bennis once said that when he thought about what constituted effective leadership (in general terms) he felt that it was often easier to “know when it is s… Read More
2016-09-29 16:11
I broke my left wrist recently. Fortunately I am right-handed and since I am not a bricklayer, I thought, no big deal, right? My right hand can carry the load while my left hand recovers; h… Read More
2016-09-22 21:07
In recent years there has been a shift away from the importance of IQ in the working world and a strong focus being put on EI. But what is EI (or EQ for Emotional Quotient as it is sometime… Read More
2016-09-15 14:00
When we talk about leadership we often think about how well (or otherwise) an individual leads others. However, we give much less attention to how well the person leads him or herself… Read More
2016-09-09 04:08
We all want to work in a great workplace but don’t necessarily give much thought to what such a workplace would look like in practical terms. Is it physical factors, such as ease to g… Read More
2016-09-02 03:58
A lot of leadership development activity is focused on improving knowledge and skills. But while this approach is useful as a base platform, we need to go much further if we want to develop… Read More
2016-08-26 05:12
Most of us have in our minds a simple view of the kind of people that we tend to like most. We determine this in a range of different ways but factors may include how relatively outgoing, u… Read More
2016-08-19 05:18
Don’t hold your breath. Practically no job candidate has exactly what is needed for the highest level of success on the job. As a hiring manager or HR professional, you are always com… Read More
2016-08-11 22:17
Even though “the workplace” as a concept is changing rapidly (with remote teams, working from home or in the field more often and using technology of various kinds to get tasks… Read More
2016-08-05 02:47
Not too long ago, multitasking was viewed as a coveted skill among workers. There was a belief that, like computers, employees that could multitask could get more things done in a lesser am… Read More
2016-07-29 05:05
It’s a fact that women are in the minority in senior leadership roles in general and this is true in small, medium and large businesses and in Government, nonprofit and for-profit org… Read More
2016-07-21 23:31
Workplace negativity can creep almost surreptitiously into any team and of any size. And when it does we can find ourselves having to deal with a lot of behavior that can make even the most… Read More
2016-07-15 07:03
There are many articles, which extol the virtues of finding and then regularly consulting a good mentor at work. At least a few of these include that it:
brings new and different experience… Read More
2016-07-08 09:07
Startups come in all shapes and sizes and so do the founders that start these new companies. In addition, the path that each company takes can be very different depending upon factors such… Read More
2016-07-01 09:02
Few CEOs or other senior leaders would disagree in theory that innovation is the lifeblood of any successful organization today, no matter what sector or industry it is in. However, for man… Read More
2016-06-24 04:12
One of the most important traits of a workplace leader, creative thinking, is essentially the ability to think in new and different ways when applied to everyday problems. In this regard, c… Read More
2016-06-17 07:19
We hear a lot about the so-called new “millennial” generation and how different they are to lead. However, they are not so “new” any more (the oldest of them being 3… Read More
2016-06-10 07:52
It would be nice to think that all of our working days are almost always entirely enjoyable and that our tasks give us a high level of satisfaction and fun most of the time. Unfortunately… Read More
2016-06-03 05:33
While leadership can be characterized as being effective when a few very specific skills or competencies are demonstrated (being goal-oriented, well-organized, effective at communicating et… Read More
2016-05-27 05:10
Some people say that good bosses create more “wellness” than wellness plans do. Whether or not this is likely to be true is the subject of this brief article.
Many organizations… Read More
2016-05-20 08:23
Although few of us likes to confront, challenge, or even criticize another person, even when it is justified, we inevitably have to have these conversations from time to time, especially if… Read More
2016-05-13 09:56
Although business coaching is a relatively young discipline (mainly growing popular over the last 25 years or so) the strong view across the profession is that coaching should be highly ind… Read More
2016-05-06 04:59
Most organizations like to think that they are reasonably effective at acquiring customers but for a startup or early stage business the ability to do this quickly or well enough may well b… Read More
2016-04-29 05:58
It is tempting to believe that there is a system or even a formula for raising venture capital for a business when it is needed but there really isn’t. However, there are a number of… Read More
2016-04-22 10:33
There are many books and articles on the market about strategy and what it takes to be strategic or to plan in strategic ways. These are mostly written by either academics for their college… Read More
2016-04-15 09:23
Welcome to the annual update on the 50 Best/Top leadership blogs on the web as of April 2016. This is our fifth year of putting this list together. As readers will see, once again, this lis… Read More
2016-04-08 08:20
Most organizational leaders, in companies small and large, have long been aware that they broadly benefit from having a clear vision and mission (even though they may have done little to ac… Read More
2016-04-01 11:05
We are all well aware that organizational corruption, theft and fraud are not only a problem for the organization itself and the industry of which it is a part but a major drain on the over… Read More
2016-03-25 11:11
Many leaders have to present or “pitch” their ideas and plans for the future, with or without a “deck” to do so, and in these cases should always prepare well to do… Read More
2016-03-18 10:40
Although it rarely appears on a list of “must have” for leaders, “avoid lying” is perhaps one of the most foundational behaviors we expect of every one of them, no m… Read More
2016-03-11 06:44
Psychology as a subject is now over 100 years old and has become one of the most popular courses to be undertaken at college. But perhaps a far greater influence has been not so much in aca… Read More
2016-03-04 07:53
In the author Geoffrey Moore’s book “Crossing the Chasm” he describes how every leader or entrepreneur can navigate his or her way through the new product or service innov… Read More
2016-02-26 10:11
According to business and innovation university professor, Clayton Christensen, every viable business model starts with a “value proposition” which he defines as a product or se… Read More
2016-02-19 10:16
No matter what job we do, there are always times when we have to “sell” something, even if it’s only an idea or a reason why we are worth a pay rise (or perhaps to a partn… Read More
2016-02-12 08:38
In business, change is necessary to adapt and grow to meet the ever-evolving needs of consumers and society. Many companies and business executives within them tend to resist change, especi… Read More
2016-02-05 08:57
Where they exist, boards come in many shapes and sizes. Some are small, loosely assembled and mainly advisory while others are large, very structured and may be quite interventionist in the… Read More
2016-01-29 07:34
An employee with low emotional intelligence can negatively impact a workplace and their team members leading to poor morale. Examples of low emotionally intelligent behaviour includes; not… Read More
2016-01-22 08:59
Most companies are living, growing entities that need to develop and evolve like any other living thing. Introducing change is a necessary and productive practice that has limitless potenti… Read More
2016-01-15 05:21
In our current culture’s vocabulary the word ‘Authority” can be seen as such a pariah word. It carries with it all types of assumptions and negative connotations but effec… Read More
2016-01-08 06:28
At the time of writing as many as 75% of people looking for a job are using a mobile device as the primary means by which to do so. This simple fact means that all employers need to think c… Read More
2015-12-31 12:24
There are essentially two kinds of people who often think about a franchise business.
A) The corporate career person who wants to transition to something more independent but does not want… Read More
2015-12-24 10:00
A recent survey carried out by the Deloitte organization suggested that “diversity” was not considered as big a priority as perhaps it once was by human resource departments, es… Read More
2015-12-18 09:47
Most organizations talk a lot about the importance of teams and teamwork and often wish they had more of it. However, is the desire for more teamwork as important to organizational success… Read More
2015-12-11 02:32
Dr. Jim Asplund, Gallup’s Chief Scientist of strengths-based development, recently said: “The best-led organizations know that the direct path to individual, team, and organizat… Read More
2015-11-30 21:24
Too many coaching and mentoring conversations begin with superficial considerations. These can be demoralizing for the people contributing at a high level, because they so often sabotage cu… Read More
2015-11-20 11:16
Most for-profit companies consider a comprehensive risk assessment or survey process to be a critical part of their overall risk management process. However, many not-for-profit organizatio… Read More
2015-11-13 07:06
These days, most people know that work gets done in any organization through a series of end-to-end tasks which we call processes. For example, there is a process to market or sell a produc… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Every workplace consists of people who hail from different physical, cultural, religious or social backgrounds. Sometimes, these differences may give rise to discrimination, regardless of th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The word “sustainable” has taken on a lot of new meaning in the last few years. Apart from prevailing through time, it is now highly connected to environmental friendliness in pa… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
When we think about employee performance in the workplace, we tend to talk a lot about experience, skills/competencies and even an individual’s goal-orientation. However, we spend far… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Appreciative Inquiry has now been around as a methodology for over 25 years, having first appeared publicly as a concept in 1987 in David Cooperrider and Suresh Srivastva’s article on… Read More
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