Leadership
Giving Is The Best Communication
Want to improve communication? Open your heart. That’s the message this Bangkok-based communication company chose, to position its brand. Paying it forward is not only a beautiful, altruistic concept, it’s also an effective brand strategy. Open your heart and I’ll give you my loyalty. Seems fair to me.
Read MoreThe Future of Non-Profit Management
We recently caught up with Ashley Tobin, Principal of Work Better Consulting LLC. 

Her specialties include strategy, analysis, operational improvement, impact and effectiveness, training, organizational structure, problem solving, meeting facilitation and partnership development. What are some of the trends you see in non-profit management? The biggest trends are in fiscal management, and especially in mergers…
Read MoreDeveloping New Leaders
In this installment of MindShare, we feature Lynne Viscio, Principal of MG Strategy, a company that focuses on alignment through internal communication, accountability and measurable business results. Lynne, you are a former educator and sports coach. Can you compare coaching executives to coaching athletes? Whether you’re coaching athletes, executives, or anyone really, it’s important to…
Read MoreYou can’t afford NOT to read this: Great advice from Gallup on engagement
The folks at Gallup (who study just about everything people do on Earth) have recently come out with a report on exactly how engaged U.S. workers are these days. Gallup has been studying engagement for over a decade and has dished out solid advice for lo those many years. And yet, as this year’s study…
Read MoreAre your internal communications helping or hurting your business?
In most large organizations, it’s nearly impossible to determine the effectiveness of the internal communications function. Apart from anecdotes and complaints, very little is done to assess and remedy specific gaps in communication. And these gaps are costing U.S. companies billions of dollars every year. The problem in most cases is that leaders simply don’t…
Read MoreThe Skilled Negotiators
Our friends at The Skilled Negotiator, Jack DeBardeleben and Jane Dolente, took a few minutes to share some helpful insights in the art and science of negotiation. The Skilled Negotiator provides Advanced Skills for Professional Negotiators TM. Their program develops key behaviors that are critical to negotiating success. An interview with Jack DeBardeleben and Jane Dolente…
Read MoreSuccessful Joint Business Planning Begins With Great Questions
Successful joint business planning requires vendors and retailers to share as much important information as possible. But you have to know what to ask and how to ask it to get the information you need. There’s an art to asking great questions; an essential skill that far too few people in leadership positions possess. Here…
Read MoreIt’s all about the people
The much-lauded CEO of Yahoo Marissa Mayer has made “people” her number one priority in righting the company ship. Her first year did not yield great results. But if history is any guide, leaders who prioritize hiring and retaining the right people at the company produce impressive turnarounds. Exhibit A: Back in 2001, Doug Conant…
Read MoreSyndicating Leadership
No matter how brilliant or visionary the leader in a large organization is regarded, her effectiveness and success will be tied to her ability to model her leadership style; to have others make decisions consistent with the leadership agenda. We refer to that as ‘syndicating leadership.’ How confident are you that the people reporting to…
Read MoreGetting ‘Culture’ Right
Eventbrite’s co-founder and president, Julia Hartz woke up from a nightmare, and decided to leverage her company’s amazing culture to drive performance, earnings and shareholder value. Take a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1mHDhIMyKs&feature=player_embedded
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