Are you climbing the corporate ladder? When asked, a common response from many professionals is a desire to progress and grow their career – whether within one company or spanning across several. Career growth goals are good. But how often do we really make a plan for how to develop both our technical and leadershipContinue reading “Don’t Skip These Four Rungs on the Corporate Ladder”
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Do you know the pulse of your team?
We’ve all been there. The setting? Your doctor’s office. The purpose? Your annual physical. Your excitement? You would rather be ANYWHERE else. During that one hour exam, we are poked and prodded as the physician captures the information that tells him or her how your health measures up. Our heart rate, blood pressure, and otherContinue reading “Do you know the pulse of your team?”
Three Essential Steps of Process Improvement
Improving performance. It’s the name of the game for business of all types. We focus on improving how we do what we do in the hopes of achieving greater reward. But sadly, working faster or even smarter doesn’t always hit the mark we aim for. Process improvement is not an equation that works as predictablyContinue reading “Three Essential Steps of Process Improvement”
Not deciding IS deciding
Have you been there? You are a part of management team but you don’t seem to be making progress. Your meetings feel like a scene from the movie, The Groundhog Day. You discuss issues over and over but a solution is never implemented. It is a frustration that will take even the most laid backContinue reading “Not deciding IS deciding”
Who is on your personal board of directors?
Corporations have them. Public utilities answer to them. Executives are asked to participate on them. A Board of Directors. The body of oversight that typically governs the organization by establishing broad policies and objectives, reviewing the performance of the chief executive, and accounting to the stakeholders for the organization’s performance. This group of individuals guidingContinue reading “Who is on your personal board of directors?”