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The Red Headed Stepchild of Corporate Security: Personal Safety and Security Programs

Charles E. Goslin, UNDERSTANDING PERSONAL SECURITY AND RISK: A Guide For Business Travelers The Corporate CEO is quite often compared to the captain of the ship. The CEO’s judgements and decisions rendered regarding the company’s course in business, and care for its valuable assets that move the “company ship” towards its goal should be sound and […]

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To Avoid Dangerous Plateaus, Create a Culture of Fast Learning

Management

Amanda Setili, President, Setili & Associates When a company has just been through a period on intense change or innovation, it’s tempting to take a breather. Our instinct is to let things settle into a steady state. We reach a plateau of learning, and wish to enjoy the fruits of our labor. This is dangerous. Companies that

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Eight Tips to Instantaneously Build the Team of Your Dreams

Management

Linda Adams, Partner, The Trispective Group Have you ever grabbed a coffee with a friend and listened to her rave about her colleagues, and then wondered what you would say when she asks you how things are going with your job? Ever looked around your own organization and wondered why some teams work so well together

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The Critical Nature of Funny

Management, Self Governance

In 1974, Mel Brooks directed the blockbuster comedy, Young Frankenstein. In the movie, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein learns he has inherited his infamous grandfather’s estate in Transylvania, along with his manuals and lab notes. After initially resisting any connection to his grandfather, Frederick becomes fascinated by the idea of creating his own monster after he discovers

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Great Companies – Great Careers

Management, Self Governance

Tim Cole, Founder & CEO, The Compass Alliance “The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sail.”  ~ William Arthur Ward An intriguing factor continues to challenge many organizations and indications are strong that the crisis will not subside in the near term. That challenge – the continued disenfranchisement

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Great Teams Are Built With Intention and Easy to Spot

Management

Linda Adams, Abby Curnow-Chavez, Audrey Epstein and Rebecca Teasdale For executives, directors, and anyone who leads a team, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that no matter how dysfunctional your team is today, there is hope. Any team can become an extraordinary team. And the bad news? If your team

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Do Your Emails Reveal Secrets About Your Leadership Style?

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Self Governance

Keith, CEO of a Fortune 500 financial organization, called with an intriguing project—one I’ve never been asked to repeat elsewhere, but one with fascinating results. The Project The CEO wanted to know how much I could discover about a person’s leadership style from their writing. “I don’t know; I’ve never had occasion to test my

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What to do with underperformers?

Management

Trevor Throness, Author, The Power Of People Skills: How to Eliminate 90% of Your HR Problems and Dramatically Increase Team and Company Morale and Performance My adolescent/young adult years were spent working in farming and construction. I can’t say that I ever noticed any reticence by bosses in these industries to confront underperformance. Quite the opposite in fact. Immediate,

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What message does your corporate environment send to employees?

Management

Doug Sharp, President, Americas Corporate Solutions, JLL Three Ways to Improve Employee Engagement and Productivity Do your employees feel inspired to show up and give their best, or are they sending an S.O.S.? Mounting evidence demonstrates the real financial impact that employee engagement has on companies. Gallup research indicates that highly engaged business units experienced

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Consistency: The Antithesis of the “One-Hit Wonder”

Entrepreneurship, Management, Sales, Small Business

We most often use the term “one hit wonder” to describe music performers who have had a single success. Sometimes these one-hit wonders produced novelty songs such as Jeannie C. Riley’s 1968 number-one hit “Harper Valley PTA.” In spite of the song gracing the charts in the 60s, hardly anyone today would admit to thinking

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