Everyone, it seems, is talking about change and the need to change. But somehow we keep repeating a familiar pattern. It’s like going to the edge of a 50-foot cliff and jumping when all you’ve witnessed are others ahead of you jumping away. As a result, you don’t see what they did before they jumped, » Read More
Most organizations and their leaders now accept that simple worker compliance is insufficient for achieving operational excellence and long-term success. Management writers, consultants, and academics have been telling us this for years. For example, a new book by Karen Martin, The Outstanding Organization, places Engagement as one of four ‘fundamental conditions’ that allow an organization to » Read More
The world didn’t disappear on December 21st but the era of business, as we know it, is over. Part 1 : The future of mass production Crisis is still creating lots of casualties in the business world. Do companies still suffer from the worldwide financial crisis or did they adapt to the new reality? The » Read More
Workplace attractiveness is an optimistic attitude or a positive emotion an individual has towards an organization (Aiman-Smith et al. 2001). The attraction process involves a job seeker’s estimate of how well they “feel” their personal needs and values fit the organization’s culture. Gaining an understanding of the factors that can impact the attraction phase of this » Read More
In your organization, how much employee input does management get before deciding a course of action? Not much? You might want to rethink that.
Are you a corporate refugee or executive in transition who thought the grass was greener on the entrepreneurial side of the fence, only to find out it wasn’t as easy as you expected? It’s an interesting problem. You had the title of CXO/CEO/CFO/COO and everything that comes with it: The corner office, a closet full of silk » Read More
Who in your life, that has gone before you, can you say, “They lived well and finished well.” Who in your life, that is still living, can you say “Now that is a life well-lived.” What are those qualities that these people have that you would like to emulate? I have asked myself these questions » Read More
If one important outcome of effective character-based leadership is to influence and impact others, how do character based leaders attain this outcome? How do you move from being one rock dropped in the water that creates ripples of influence and impacts some individuals, into many leadership rocks that create waves of influence and impacts » Read More
Today more than ever, organizations are being closely scrutinized and analyzed. In this day and age of instant communication and mass media all organizations have to be extremely cognizant and responsible for the reputation and brand that they communicate. Organizations cannot make assumptions, get complacent and deal haphazardly with issues that may question an organizations » Read More
Responsibility can be a tough bedfellow. Today in a couple of separate encounters, one with a 14 year old girl and the other a 40 year old man, I heard how they had recently experienced difficult times in their lives. What both had in common was they blamed others for their plight. The common theme » Read More
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