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Triple threat: 3 ways to fight “brain freeze” in the workplace

Brady Wilson, Co-founder, Juice Inc. Do the people in your organization ever suffer from brain freeze? No, not the after-effect of bolting down that ice-cold frappuccino. I’m talking about when employees’ and leaders’ brains shut down at work—and they are unable to access their knowledge, experience, skills and strengths. If this sounds familiar, you’re not […]

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How Happy Are Your Employees?

Management

Anthony Zolezzi, Serial Entrepreneur, Innovation & Profitability CEO Advisor and Author Most Fortune 500 businesses and CEOs that I consult for today have great brands and services. These brands, services and assets were, at one time, state of the art and best in class. However, these brands and services are now being challenged by an

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Three Choices That Will Make You an Accelerator

Leadership, Management

Three Choices That Will Make You an Accelerator By Craig W. Ross Accelerators can be found in every level of every organization; they get those around them to the point of realized potential more quickly and create faster, more efficient results. But, what is an Accelerator and how do you know if you

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Creating a Culture of Accountability

Management

Mike Goldman, Author, Performance Breakthrough: The 4 Secrets of Passionate Organizations One of the big challenges I hear from CEOs all the time is, “I can’t seem to find a way to hold my team accountable”. The leadership team has seemingly productive meetings where they define priorities and assign responsibilities and then nothing gets done.

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Ten Signs You Need to Make Some Tough Calls

Leadership, Management

How can leaders move beyond assigning blame and putting out fires? Start with an arson investigation that includes looking for these early warning signs: 1. An inability among senior leaders to articulate the organization’s strategy Most leaders can explain what they plan to do this week or this quarter, but fewer have the ability to

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Are You the Exception or The Rule: Follow the Candidates to Find Out

Leadership, Management, Self Governance

You can live your life by one of two philosophes. You can choose to be the exception to any rule or you can choose to be the rule. There are always exceptions: JFK was the first-and last-Catholic in the White House and Chrissie Evert had a winning unorthodox backhand. But both of these are the

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The importance of aligning organisational culture with business strategy

Management

Steve Newhall, Managing Partner, Leadership & Talent Consulting, UK Business leaders spend significant amounts of time designing and agreeing upon strategy but comparatively little time thinking about their culture. In a 2014 Korn Ferry survey, while 72% of executives agreed that culture is extremely important to organizational performance, only 32% believed their own organization’s culture

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How Does Human Capital Stand Up to Six Sigma?

Management

Mike Zani, CEO, PI Worldwide A recent Harvard Business Review survey revealed that 66% of CEOs cite “talent-related issues” as their top business challenge. Finding and competing for top talent is only the beginning: once you’ve hired people into the organization, making sure you are identifying and developing high-potential employees is also a significant concern

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Persistent Innovation

Entrepreneurship, Management, Small Business

Tommy Spaulding, President, Spaulding Companies The Brown Palace Hotel in Denver has been one of the most elegant establishments in Colorado since its founding in 1892. It was named one of the world’s 500 best hotels by Travel & Leisure and every U.S. president since Teddy Roosevelt (except Calvin Coolidge) has been a guest at

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Managing A Passive-Aggressive Person on Your Team

Management

Janet wore a smile from the nose down; her eyes bore daggers. If I offered a Friday afternoon off for having finished a big project early, she “wished” it had been last week when she and her husband were headed out of town for the football game. When I ordered in pizza for everyone’s lunch

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