Leadership Matters

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

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

10 Rules to Hiring Great People – based on Pierre Mornell’s book “45 Effective Ways for Hiring Smart”

Posted on September 18th, 2015 | Hiring Talent, HR Related, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, Team Building

Rule #1 is clear AND supremely counterintuitive when hiring great people- Don’t ever, ever hire somebody just like yourself. Why is that so hard? And what has happened to executives and companies that did that? As management [ … ] Read More

Will You Hug Your Boss on Friday?

Posted on September 3rd, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Seasonal Content, Team Building

The third Friday of each August is “Hug Your Boss Day.” This year Friday, September 4th will highlight workplace relationships, value employee/boss relationships while answering the question – Will you hug your boss today? In the late 1950’s [ … ] Read More

Work like a Dog Day

Posted on August 4th, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, News, Seasonal Content, Team Building, Work - Life Balance

Tuesday, August 5th is Work like a Dog Day. Work like a Dog Day honors and recognizes the hardest working people among us. The fact that the day is celebrated on August 5th suggests that we [ … ] 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

Sacred Cow Disease

Posted on July 3rd, 2015 | Career Advancement, Corporate Culture, HR Related, Leadership Matters, Management Concepts, Personal Success, Self Management, Team Building

What is a sacred cow? “Sacred cow” is an idiom based on the understanding of how highly regarded cows are in Hindu culture. In Western culture the “metaphorical” sacred cow may be individuals, institution organization, business [ … ] Read More

Keeping up with – The Employee

Posted on June 18th, 2015 | Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Hiring Talent, HR Related, Leadership Matters, Work - Life Balance

We are not in Kansas anymore. Here today……. Gone tomorrow……. Employee turnover is on the rise and it is a very significant challenge for business. Even more so during this candidate driven market. Should your company be concerned about defecting [ … ] Read More

Culture of Innovation

Posted on May 28th, 2015 | Career Advancement, Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Goals, HR Related, Inspiration, Leadership Matters, Team Building

Create | Innovate | Grow Corporate culture is a commonly used term that often means different things to different people. In some cases it may be considered as nothing more than a buzz word. Make no mistake, [ … ] Read More