I just returned from 2 weeks of family vacation in Italy.
 
For the first time since the advent of mobile phones, I made the conscious decision to unplug 100%.  No Internet, no cell phone, no television, no newspapers, and no business periodicals. I took 3 books: two off-beat Italian books, and one I love called “Right [...]

     Time management, change management, personnel management, project management, resource management, information management, business management, process management, risk management, chaos management……We talk about these things ad infinitum and ad nauseum.
 
For instance, time: It continues with or without our supervision or permission. It will not be managed in any way, shape, or form. Can you slow time or [...]

I was in Phoenix last week at the Summer Conference for TTI Performance Systems.  Always in pursuit of how we can help our clients manage their businesses and their talent better, a select group of 50 of us put our head down and went to work: branstorming, collaborating, sharing knowledge, and listening to experts in [...]

A Primer on Loss and Grief for Leaders
If you are running a company of any size, you hear about some relative or friend of your workforce dying almost every day. In even the smallest company, there is loss all around your employees. Loss you don’t see, and I am about to make you aware of. [...]

If a job could talk, what would it say about itself?
What would it say are the behaviors, key motivators, and personal skills necessary for superior performance?
 
Job Benchmarking is a process that tells you that very thing, about any position in your organization. 
 
80% of turnover is caused by bad hiring decisions, and a job analysis is the most [...]

Recently at a continuing education class on Co-Dependency, I was given a handout I found hilarious.  It is most funny if you are familiar with the twelve steps of any recovery program, which are, by the way, not just good recovery steps, but excellent steps to follow in daily life in your business and personal [...]

 The discussions of employee re-engagement we’ve been having this month have been filled with great information and lots of interaction.
 If you would like to register for the a complimentary webinar entitled Re-engaging the Workforce , which includes three industry experts discussing how to re-engage employees while uncertainty still exists, scheduled for Thursday, February 18th, you can use the following link:   www.ttidisc.com  [...]

last night I watched the premiere of a new show, right after the Super Bowl.  It was called “Undercover Boss”.  Another on the long list of ubiquitous reality tv shows.  Truthfully, I expected to be turning it off after a few minutes.  That did not happen.  In fact, I was amazed, impressed, and am a [...]

“OMG, Here she goes again with the EQ stuff!  I’m focused on the bottom line and don’t have time do deal with all this ’soft stuff’…”
I know, but here’s the deal. It’s all soft stuff.  Yes, that’s what I said.  It’s all soft stuff.  Just imagine, you show up at your office, and find out all [...]

In my last post I talked about disengagement.  Let’s continue the discussion, first, by giving you a “state of the people” address.  Then let’s look at some actions you can take to proactively position yourself for the next battle:
Some things you should know:  

According to a recent study by the Washington-based Corporate Executive Board, the [...]