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It was sometime after dinner when my MBA wife calmly told our twelve-year old son: "Shut up, sit down and just do what you´re told." Not exactly his three core competencies. And not exactly her most motivational moment. Some Back... More...

Today I was talking with someone and for some reason my thoughts and the conversation turned to my previous career in the banking industry. I really liked my job at the bank for two main reasons. First, I was involved in commercial lendin... More...

Discover the five components necessary for bringing organizational and individual performance together by taking a look at an excerpt from Synygy CEO Mark Stiffler's new book, PERFORMANCE: Creating the Performance-Driven Organization. Please click... More...

About a decade ago, I had an epiphany about whole systems thinking when my project team and I were asked to figure out why an effort to digitize the company´s backup data systems was failing. After reading about the business trends of com... More...

For those old enough to remember the early '60s album title song You Talk Too Much, you probably can't even count the number of times the tune has popped into your head when speaking with certain, let's say vocally stimulated, coworkers. If old... More...

Getting employees' ideas is no longer an option. If your organization is going to be competitive, it is mandatory you involve the minds, hands, and ideas of everyone in your organization. Getting employees involved not only yields valuable ideas and ... More...

In an interview with Veritude´sWorkforce Insights, Sylvia Ann Hewlett, who heads the Center for Work-Life Policy in New York, argues that the double lives that many minority executives lead can and should be changed. In a Ha... More...

Despite their personal charisma and the latest presentation technology, corporate chief executives are increasingly failing to connect with their employees -- especially the youngest ones, according to a study by Novations Group, a global... More...

Nearly a decade ago, Spherion began tracking historical changes in America s workforce. From taking control of their careers and the rise of free agency to the increasing emphasis on work/life balance, a growing group of U.S. workers - dubbed emergen... More...

A perfect storm of employee preferences and business realities has spurred the growth of telecommuting to almost 10 million workers in the United States. The quest for a better work-life balance, the increased use of part-time workers like retirees, ... More...

"A good novel tells us the truth about the hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about the author." -- G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) A good organization tells us the truth about employees; but a bad organization tells us the truth about leaders... More...

New opportunities, new risks Is it better to have your headquarters in Chicago or Seattle? Should you open a regional office in Shanghai or Sydney? What advantages are there in having multiple manufacturing plants in Eastern Europe and... More...

Craig Keilburger was just 12 years old when he started the "Free the Children." Organization. Since then, with the help of his elder brother Mark, his organization has built 420 schools in 120 countries providing education for 35,000 students. ... More...

Many of the facilitators I´ve trained over the years have told me that clarifying the purpose can sometimes prove difficult, taking a lot of time and not resulting in the shared understanding that´s vital to move forward effectively. As y... More...

Associations, non-profits, and other membership-based organizations primarily depend on volunteers for governance and operations. It seems like a cliche: to make an organization a successful organization, its members have to get actively involved. It... More...

The workplace landscape has changed significantly over the last decade. The mere fact that we have four different generations at work creates several challenges. Add to that the fact that individuals in each generation have a different value system a... More...

Why Manage Capability? It is astounding that in a society in which most people define themselves by what they DO, or their work, there exists no comprehensive theory of work, even less a developmentally grounded one. As E. Jaques rightfully sugges... More...

Have you ever seen the movie Pulp Fiction? After a rather bloody episode, Quentin Tarantino realized he had to call in the "Wolf," played by Harvey Keitel, to clean up the mess. There have been many times in my career when I´ve been called to c... More...

Dr. Thomas Coleman is the new Dean of Math at Canada's University of Waterloo. Anyone involved in recruiting for technology or other applied math positions knows about the University of Waterloo: grads from their world renowned Co-op program ha... More...

I want to tell you a story about a recent trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. I travel a lot and sometimes for fun, my luggage and I have a competition to see which one of us makes it to the destination first. We had a quick connection in Chic... More...

It was a typical executive staff meeting. Six tired-looking VPs had dragged themselves out of their homes for an early morning meeting to face Jeff, the CEO known as "The Hanging Judge." Jeff had a habit of taking down anyone gutsy enough to share ba... More...

A friend emailed me, confirming my order for a facial cleanser that she sells as part of a direct marketing company (think Mary Kay). She then remarked that she has much more energy for this work, where she runs her own show and watches the profit an... More...

Read Part 1. Continuing with the summary of prevalent and long-standing business and human development models, the following are models that define "the individual" as compared to the group or organization. These models help individuals understand... More...

Researchers like Kim Cameron and Wayne Cascio have said for years that a strategy of laying-off people in many cases does not work and may backfire even in times of crisis. The situation in the American airline industry after the terrorist attacks of... More...

Many years ago I used pamphlet-sized yellow books with black, notched-line borders called Cliff´s Notes ® to pass literature tests rather than read the full literary works assigned in class. Being a typical student with underused brainpower... More...

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