Survival of the ‘Grittiest’
In 1968, the book True Grit was made into an academy award winning movie starring John Wayne … a film that was re-made recently by the famous Coen brothers. Now GRIT is being researched and...
View ArticleReorganization: The Sport for the New Executive
If there is one thing that the employees hate even more than an unexpected change in executive leadership, it is the reorganization that inevitably follows every transition. To the employees, a new...
View ArticleLeading Unpopular Change
Leaders lead to a better tomorrow. However, sometimes navigating the critical present moment in times of extreme fear and uncertainty can feel overwhelming. MBA schools and corporate training programs...
View ArticleIs Your Organization Ready?
Is your company an energizing, exciting place to work? Is it ready for growth and success? A healthy organization delivers results for employees, customers, and investors; while understanding the risks...
View ArticleHow to Succeed in New Markets: Cross Cultural Leadership
Today’s businesses are complex entities. The workforce is becoming increasingly multicultural and businesses continue to expand overseas. This cultural diversity necessitates that communication takes...
View ArticleGive Up the Old to Gain the New
Most of us know what we are trying to escape: the lockstep of a narrowly defined career, inauthentic or un-stimulating work, numbing corporate politics, a lack of time for life outside of work. Finding...
View ArticleAgility and Career Power in Recessionary Times
It is often stressed how managers and organizations need to recognize how people feel, but at the same time, in this climate it’s important that people understand how managers feel as well. Managers...
View ArticleCountering Black Swans
The ”black swan theory” refers to events which are extreme outliers (lies outside the realm of regular expectations), carry an extreme ‘impact’, and in spite of their outlier status, human nature...
View ArticleAdapting to Uncertainty
Changes in the economic landscape are sweeping aside all the old certainties around doing business. Tomorrow’s environment will be different, but no less rich in possibilities for those who are...
View ArticleHow Not To Waste Money On Employee Training
It’s an open secret. A vast majority of training programs fail. We are talking 90% failure rate in an annual US spend north of 150 Billion USD! How do they do it? As you can imagine, there is a lot of...
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