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Peter Drucker – Modern Management

Posted on May 5th, 2016 | Goals, Hiring Talent, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, Personal Success, Self Management, Team Building

Peter Drucker and the Drucker Institute It is pretty obvious by the quote at the bottom of my JKS Talent Network website homepage, and my periodic musings, that I am a huge fan of Peter Drucker, [ … ] Read More

Talent – The Competitive Advantage

Posted on February 11th, 2016 | Employee Retention, Goals, Hiring Talent, HR Related, Management Concepts, Team Building

Competitive advantage is one of the most popular concepts talked about today – both online and in business circles. What exactly does it mean? We know it refers to an organization’s ability to outperform its competitors, lead [ … ] Read More

It’s Groundhog Day

Posted on February 2nd, 2016 | Career Advancement, Goals, Inspiration, Seasonal Content, Self Management, Work - Life Balance

February 2nd is Groundhog Day – a day celebrated throughout North America. This day represents the midpoint of winter, or the start of spring. (unless you live on the Eastern Seaboard – or should I say Snowboard?) [ … ] Read More

Fun @ Work Makes Good Business Sense

Posted on January 28th, 2016 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, HR Related, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Seasonal Content, Team Building

This year Friday, January 29th is designated as “Fun @ Work Day”. This unofficial day of merriment is celebrated on the last Friday in January each year. Why Fun @ Work? The origin of Fun @ [ … ] Read More

Develop People with Stretch Assignments

Posted on January 21st, 2016 | Career Advancement, Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, HR Related, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts

This blog is not about justifying why it is important for companies to conduct or provide ongoing training programs. Yes, there are many excellent training strategies and approaches that organizations can into their corporate employee programs that [ … ] Read More

New Year Resolutions

Posted on December 30th, 2015 | Goals, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Personal Success, Seasonal Content, Work - Life Balance

Tradition has taught us that each New Year is about promise, excitement and (dreaded) resolutions. Some people are tremendously successful with keeping their resolutions up until at least February 1st . A few may maintain them [ … ] Read More

Expectations for 2016

Posted on December 18th, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Goals, Hiring Talent, HR Related, Inspiration, Seasonal Content

What’s it going to take for your company to be successful next year? In may cases the last quarter of the year is when most companies start thinking about the business challenges of the coming year. That also means [ … ] Read More

Leadership & the Fine Art of Effective Communication

Posted on December 4th, 2015 | Career Advancement, Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Personal Success, Self Management, Team Building

Communication Excellence The art of communication is the language of leadership. Excelling in communication is one of the top consistently rated traits of distinguished leaders. On a daily basis leaders work with people whose opinions, values, beliefs and [ … ] Read More

Employee Satisfaction = Increased Productivity?

Posted on October 1st, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, HR Related, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, Team Building

Does employee job satisfaction really matter? More precisely, does job satisfaction have a significant impact on job performance and organizational commitment? The short answer is – most definitely. Sometimes we forget that people work for people, [ … ] Read More

Culture, Teams and the US Navy SEALS

Posted on July 23rd, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, Hiring Talent, HR Related, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Seasonal Content, Team Building

The Navy SEALS is all about WE Recently I’ve been reading and thinking about how certain structured groups relate to successful business models. In particular, I was considering the ME culture that exist in some organizations [ … ] Read More