Survey – The Skills Gap Issue
Many manufacturers and distributors are faced with bridging the skills gap in current employees and new hires.
Retaining Top Talent – a Must for Success
Perception is reality and under-appreciated employees move onto other opportunities.
Ride the Wave & Succeed with Virtual Teams
Since virtual meetings will be a mainstay in the professional world and especially with project teams, it is incumbent upon us to find a way to succeed in this environment.
Project Leadership Doesn’t Matter Unless You Care About Results
As businesses struggle to stand out in the crowd today's post-recession new normal business environment, there's no doubt project success is vital to maintaining and improving profitability.
Is Talent Important to You?
Do you notice when an employee puts in extra effort to achieve a key result? Do you say thank you? Do you appreciate ideas? Do you ask what employees think will work or for potential pitfalls?
Profit Through People®
Although we don't typically come into companies to focus on organizational development projects, our focus is 80% on this type of work – achieving results boils down to PEOPLE and CULTURE.
Prepare for Success
Plans are useless if no one knows about them. Sound obvious? Then, why don't our employees know our goals and plans?
Senior Management Commitment & the Bottom Line
Senior Management commitment is #1 to successfully delivering any initiative. Why not start by focusing effort there?
Leadership to Accelerate Bottom Line Results
It is not easy to be a leader in a culture that values execution (after all, how will you know what to reward without a significant effort?), but, with consistent application, it will become a rewarding experience and will deliver significant bottom line results.
Leadership
Ask questions: Instead of talking, think of a provocative question and listen. By mastering the art of asking questions, you can help people learn and build confidence since they are developing their own answers, ideas, plans, etc. Celebrate mistakes; however, not trends of mistakes: Society typically penalizes mistakes. For [...]