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 By David Kasprzak, on September 28th, 2011 Had an opportunity to help someone craft a Mission and Vision statement for a new product line recently. It was an interesting experience, and gave me a chance to demonstrate how focusing on the intangible, humanistic side of things is so much more than just pie-in-the-sky “fluff.” While struggling with the concept, he was [...] Print This Post
By David Kasprzak, on May 10th, 2011 How do you measure effectiveness and efficiency? Odds are, you have mountains of reports sent your way, or that you generate yourself, showing all sorts of permutations of cost. Budgets, performance vs. budget, unit cost, production costs, support ratios, hourly costs, deliverable cost, run time, burn rates, overheads…..the volume of data thrown your way [...] Print This Post
 By Gina Abudi, on February 15th, 2011
In talking with a potential client the other day on how to best develop their employees, the President of the company told me that human resources is responsible for developing talent in the company. The SVP of human resources, who was also in the meeting, suggested that the President was incorrect; others were [...] Print This Post
 By Paul Slater, on September 15th, 2010 Much is written about heroic leaders who save companies from oblivion and military leaders who deliver battlefield success. So, in such dire and pressing times what exactly is it that these people do? Here we look at some of the mainstays of successful leadership during adversity. Stay Focused On the Main Task [...] Print This Post
By Paul Slater, on June 9th, 2010 Managers who make the transition to team leader for the first time can be pretty shocked at what hits them. The whole point about leading is that they are leading people and any amount of leadership development or training can only go so far in preparing them for their first role. The management [...] |
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