To improve performance, focus on strengths April 8, 2010 Most leaders get it wrong. If an employee is doing 70% of their job description really well and 30% marginally or worse, what do ... Read more Want to raise the performance bar higher? Hire an "Athlete". April 7, 2010 The first time I heard the phrase "hire an athlete" was early in my career. I was working for Hallmark Cards, Inc. and my ... Read more Defying the Forces of Business Gravity April 6, 2010 We all get caught up in the gravity of day to day business--the forces that keep us where we are today. We repeat our ... Read more Are you settling? April 3, 2010 When you stop and think about it, how many of us are settling? Doing something that is acceptable or tolerable because our dream didn't ... Read more Change is not a Choice March 31, 2010 This is not a news flash. We have always known that change is not a luxury of choice. Yet, we have never been in ... Read more 6 Ways Leaders Add Value March 30, 2010 Leaders have an opportunity and an obligation to add value to their teams and organizations. Size of the organization is irrelevant––a leader is there ... Read more Character is established in a defining moment March 24, 2010 When my oldest son graduated from high school, I gave him a book called Real Life Begins After High School. I love to read ... Read more Focus on inner success March 18, 2010 A few hundred of my best friends and I had a chance to hear Billie Jean King speak at an event for WIN for ... Read more Strategic planning: A tool for every day March 17, 2010 I admit, I thought of this blog topic on a plane returning from a very nice vacation in Mexico. It occurred to me that ... Read more « Previous 1 … 49 50 51 52 Next »
