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Mission and Vision = Purpose and Pride

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 doing […]

Time: The ultimate currency

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 is […]

Who Is Responsible for Developing Talent?

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 also […]

Leading in Adversity

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

If […]

When Managers Become Leaders

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 skills […]