Tough Conversations with Employees Are Helpful

From the Wall Street Journal: The Leaner, Meaner Chevron Leaders need to be more decisive, take accountability for failures, and have uncomfortable conversations about poor performance. Changing Their Perspective Ahh, yes, the uncomfortable conversation. Often, I coach executives on how to initiate and manage difficult conversations. People feel a sense of dread when approaching such […]

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03.22.11 Women Get It Right

Forbes has released its list of the Top 50 Companies for Women.…
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03.21.11 Are You Losing Your Best Salespeople?

A recent article in Crain's New York Business (click here) posed…
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03.17.11 Raise a Glass to Leaders!

On this St. Patrick's Day, we raise a glass to leaders...and…
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03.09.11 Keeping the Flame Burning

Advertising Age recently took a look at a constant struggle in…
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03.07.11 Making Sure Employees Succeed

Success is a powerful motivator.  So, how can you ensure that…
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Are Your Sales Reps Spending Too Much Time in Front of Customers?

Here's a great article I want to share with you (click here).…
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01.26.11 Taking Risks

The new year.  It brings with it the hopes of great accomplishments.…
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01.13.11 New Year, New Direction?

Given how brand conscious all of us are personally and with the…
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12.19.10 Business travel recovering

See article below.  Good news for my travel clients, and a hopeful…