“Change” is a dirty word for some people. But love or hate it, change is here to stay, and every business owner and manager must be effective at leading their teams through both small and large changes. How do most managers manage change? Most successful managers I know are leftbrain, bottom-line, sequential problem solvers. They […]

Mistake #1: Failure to plan. The most frightening and common mistake leaders make is to have no plan or template to follow before, during, or even after a crisis occurs. During a crisis, a leader must align three critical strategic elements: the Goals, the People, and the Resources. The goals define the “What” – that is, […]

“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 […]