“Everything I do is important.” That’s the answer I always hear when I ask my consulting clients and workshop audiences to tell me some of the things they do at work that really are not important. You and I both know that we all do things at work that are really not that important. Yet […]

Here is a simple three-step process to guarantee great execution. “Know what you do best, & relentlessly execute the basics.” That was the response I received one day on the golf course when I asked the CEO of a world class organization how he sustains a culture of perpetual excellence. In today’s cash-strapped market, it […]

About 80% of employers search and track the online activities of candidates in a practice often referred to as cyber-vetting. How is this done? Why is it done? How should you do it? Where is it going? The typical conception we have about cyber-vetting is that employers are doing it to find “dirt” on candidates. […]

Business managers today face unprecedented, unpredictable, gut-wrenching change, from supply chain logistics and automation to mass consolidation and customization. The core issue is not so much how you restructure your delivery systems, align with suppliers, or even whether you keep, drop, or expand existing lines of business. It is how you manage the people side […]

Managing the people side of change can be more challenging than handling any market downturn or competitive pressure. Yet for most managers the single most difficult leadership challenge is to productively lead people who constantly, even vehemently, fight change. Here are the four stages of negative change and some tips to manage your team through […]

No one is perfect. No one can be right 100 percent of the time (even if you are Jack Welch or Steve Jobs), including an organization’s leaders. But there are mistakes, and then there are MISTAKES. I have found 10 basic essentials that all leaders should have on their list entitled “things to avoid at […]