High levels of Trust and Productivity are intricately linked. You can have one or the other independently, however to maximize team performance you must have both. And it’s not just a matter of trusting one another. Every team member must “buy in” to the mission of the team. Why is this particular group of individual being asked to work Read More >
Past Executive Briefings
Managing Stress to Build Assertiveness & Confidence
Chances are, you know you could be more assertive. If you are like nearly every American polled (91%) you can even identified at least one person with whom you need to be more assertive. All you need now is the confidence to take it to the next level. So, how can you build your confidence? One approach Read More >
Managing Happiness: Keep Your Employees Motivated During the Daily Grind
We’ve begun another long business year. Many employees will be stuck in the work week cycle until the forth of July rolls around, so it’s no wonder faces tend to get longer during the early months. It’s tempting for bosses looking to spark productivity to tighten the bolts, pressuring employees with hard and fast goals, Read More >
Human Again: Add Personality to Your Business
Marketing is like sex, writes Steve Tobak of CBS. He explains his analogy further, writing, “Everyone thinks they’re good at it.” The “cut-and-paste” style of marketing made possible by emails, recorded telephone calls and old-fashioned postal mail completely misses the point, he laments. Customers recall businesses that communicate with them on a personalized basis, and Read More >
How to be an Authentic Leader: Why it is Important and 75 Things Your Employees Need from You
Being a leader is a difficult task in today’s business world. In a fast-paced organization with ever-changing challenges and roadblocks, leadership can be a stressful role to have. And when you have your leadership “hat” on at the office, it can feel as if you lose yourself in the shuffle. Engaging in authentic leadership can Read More >
Ambitious Women Need to Know These Business Success Tips
The expectation that women belong in the kitchen and men belong in the office is becoming more obsolete. It’s predicted that more women than men will be in the workforce for the first time ever in 2014, according to an employment trends analysis highlighted by The Telegraph. Look forward to the baby boomer generation gradually Read More >
Raise The Bar On Effectiveness
There’s a reason you are a member of your organization’s top management: you get results. But like most executives, you’re always trying to raise the bar. Your company’s competition isn’t resting and neither can you. But being an effective leader isn’t just about what you do. It’s also about your team and the people you Read More >
Study Shows That CEOs Are Awful Managers
How Are Your People Management Skills? What the Board Thinks… What is the likelihood the people in your organization don’t feel as though you know how to relate to them? According to a recent study by the Center for Leadership Development and Research at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, it’s actually pretty high, especially if your board Read More >
Creating the Ultimate Personal CEO Development Plan
The creation of a personal development plan is something almost every employee has gone through at some point or another. This is that time of the year when managers challenge their subordinates to create goals for themselves on a personal level that will better enable them to achieve their professional objectives. Being a better team Read More >
How Your Mistakes Can Grow Your Organization
Learning From Your Mistakes The American author, Meg Cabot, is credited with saying “Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” As a manager, and especially as someone in a company’s highest of positions, there is often a fear of failure…a fear that allowing anyone Read More >