Archive for the ‘Skills’ Category

• What if the Talent You Want to Hire Doesn’t Come with the Skills Needed?

  • November 6th, 2018
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Employment, Executives, Mangement, Skills, Supervision

  Have you heard about the war for talent? With less applicants to choose from attracting and keeping talent has become a critical issue for organizations nationwide. This is not a situation that will be going way in the near future… Read More

• Building an Adaptive Organization

  • October 15th, 2018
  • Posted in Change, Communication, Consulting, Executives, Mangement, Motivation, Skills, Supervision, Support

    How does one go about building an adaptive firm? Increase the Visibility of Opportunity This can be accomplished through careful job design. Work should have defined objectives for which people will be responsible.  Each organizational level should be kept… Read More

• What If My Boss is Incompetent?

  • July 17th, 2018
  • Posted in Communication, Employee Development, Employment, Executives, Mangement, Planning, Skills, Stress, Supervision, Support

  You may have a boss who is inept. Not a horrible person – but someone who doesn’t have the knowledge, experience, skills, or judgement to do their job. They are out there in every industry and at every level. They… Read More

• Disagree With the Boss Agreeably

  • June 18th, 2018
  • Posted in Communication, Executives, Mangement, Planning, Preparation, Presentation, Skills

  Have you ever had a disagreement with your boss? Found yourself unable to get a word in, respond at all, or come to your own defense? Unable to get the boss to move from the opinion they have already formed?… Read More

• Lots of Choices and Lots of Uncertainty

  • May 7th, 2018
  • Posted in Change, Motivation, Planning, Preparation, Skills, Stress, Work Life Balance

  There are so many options to choose from in today’s world. Have you noticed how many different Crest toothpastes there are to consider? I have been frozen in the grocery aisle when I see how many types of Cheerios I… Read More

• What New Leaders Need

  • April 5th, 2018
  • Posted in Change, Employee Development, Executives, Mangement, Skills, Support

  Maybe no one says it out loud but when an organization hires a New Leader, expectations are high. Sadly, studies indicate that 60% of new leaders fail within 18 months of taking their jobs. I’ve observed that New Leaders respond… Read More

• I Want To But I Haven’t — Yet

  • March 7th, 2018
  • Posted in Change, Guided Execution 1:1, Motivation, Planning, Preparation, Skills, Stress, Support

  I recognized a description in a novel of a character that reminded me of a few people I run across: “Just about anything you haven’t done in life you were totally planning to do – you just haven’t done it… Read More

• The Secret of Success Might Be Curiosity

  • February 22nd, 2018
  • Posted in Communication, Feedback, Mangement, Skills, Training

  It has been said the ‘curiosity killed the cat.’ So I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised when participants in recent training programs, while instructed to ask questions in an interactive exercise, stated that they didn’t want to appear intrusive;… Read More

• Drive with a Coach or a Consultant?

  • November 14th, 2017
  • Posted in Consulting, Skills, Support

  Many professionals use the terms “Coach” and “Consultant” interchangeably, I don’t. So I always pause before I answer when someone asks me if I’m a Coach. People aren’t all that interested in what I think the difference is; they just want to know if I can help them. Definitions of Coaching and Consulting aren’t really set in stone. In fact, in the corporate environment thy often overlap. The difference however is significant and important to understand. Once I learn more about what a potential client is seeking, we can then determine if it makes sense to move forward and work together.

• Change: It Takes 3

  • November 6th, 2017
  • Posted in Change, Executives, Mangement, Planning, Preparation, Skills

  Has your organization gotten to a point where the status-quo just doesn’t feel competitive or energizing?  Sure, executive leadership tries to change and improve things but it’s kind of boring. The successful employees may do things right but they also… Read More