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DISC Certification and Behavior Assessment Webseminar Our DISC training programs provide you with the skills and knowledge in using our assessments to empower individuals, enhance team performance, select employees and to improve communication. No... More...

This fall we’ve been working extensively with executive teams striving to transform their cultures to boost safety, customer service, quality, and leadership at all levels. I wrote about some of this work around our Commitment Continuum in an e... More...

In talking with thought leaders in HR consulting and practice recently, the topic of “Positive Psychology” came up. The goal of positive psychology, as I understand it, is to make life better, more fulfilling, more fun and enjoyable – not just to ... More...

Written by Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ, a top-rated leadership development and employee survey firm. Mark Murphy is the author of the international management bestseller "Hundred Percenters." “How do you define a low performer?” It’s a q... More...

By Marshall Goldsmith In early 2009 I was talking with a lawyer named Tom about the bankruptcy of the large law firm where he had been Vice Chairman. It was a 120 year old firm, specializing in a narrow segment of securities law that had vanished... More...

Written by Sean Townsend from Psychometrics Canada (www.psychometrics.com) Ancient wisdom and modern psychology are coming together in a unique career program for Aboriginal students at the University of Saskatchewan. Dwayne Docken, career dev... More...

By Mark Vickers You know the type: brilliant spreadsheet jockeys who crave leadership positions but who are so arrogant or even petulant that they constantly offend others. In the past, these bellicose bullies in Armani have sometimes found their ... More...

You need to focus on controlling YOU. On the other hand, you cannot ignore all those factors outside yourself which define the context of your situation, wherever you find yourself. No matter who you are, what you want to achieve, or how you wa... More...

Everyone defines ’quality lead’ differently. Some use ‘lead scoring’ to follow different ‘touch points’ – determined by industry standard or corporate dictate - defined as having a ’buying’ value that is supposed to project a close. Some use ... More...

"Communications help to keep people feeling included in and connected to the organization...give people information, and do it again and again." — William Bridges, Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change * You need to establish the few... More...

"Skilled team leaders transform a group from what they are into what they could be." * The following Outstanding Teams Checklist outlines the key elements of top performing teams (and organizations). Use this to assess yourself and your team. ... More...

I blog frequently on the topics of employee recognition and employee engagement, but what’s the link? It’s simple. Employee recognition, when done strategically, is a powerful tool for fostering employee engagement. In fact, our customers repeatedly ... More...

"Before you say what you think, be sure you have." — Malcolm Forbes, past publisher of Forbes magazine Communication is both a symptom and a cause of organization performance problems. Over the years, we've heard hundreds of managers use communica... More...

"The bedrock of character is self-discipline; the virtuous life, as philosophers since Aristotle have observed, is based on self-control. A related keystone of character is being able to motivate and guide oneself, whether in doing homework, finishin... More...

"Today's successful business leaders will be those who are most flexible of mind. An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait. . . Leaders will have to guide the sh... More...

In my last post , I talked about recent research from Towers Watson on the important role company culture plays in a company achieving its strategic objectives. Other research from Randstad confirmed the same: “Two thirds of working adults... More...

My last blog post highlighted the big problem of a culture of fear within many teams and organizations. In the middle of preparing today’s post, I’m doing some fall clean up in my garden while listening to a radio panel discussion on the ... More...

Flow States Are you working in an organization where managers help employees enter into flow states to be more productive? Do employees at your workplace believe that their managers help create a workplace where flow states are nourished? I c... More...

A recent survey of more than 400,000 employees across various industries by the Corporate Executive Board (CEB) showed that “nearly half of executive teams lack the information they need to manage effectively because employees withhold vital in... More...

What role do you think the culture of your company plays in the company’s success? Wait. Let’s back up. What do you think your company culture is? Intimidation? Get it done at any cost? Supportive? Innovative? How does that culture influence people’s... More...

"Success is every minute you live. It's the process of living. It's stopping for the moments of beauty, of pleasure; the moments of peace. Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of the journey." — Jennifer James, Suc... More...

This week I’ve discussed the death of trust and loyalty in the workplace and the dehumanization of the workforce , but I didn’t offer many solutions. Of course, I believe the obvious solution to much of the outfall of these practices is strate... More...

During the last couple of years, I get the feeling that corporations have reverted to workplaces of the Industrial Revolution, where people are seen as just another cog in the machine that can be easily pulled out and replaced if necessary. This d... More...

This fall we’re deep in the thick of helping a number of Clients plan and execute extensive multi-year implementations of leadership and culture development processes to dramatically boost customer service, product/service quality, safety, employee e... More...

COACH YOURSELF TO WIN: 7 Steps to Breakthrough Performance on the Job and in Your Life (McGraw-Hill, October 2010), examines the key question: How can you achieve permanent behavior change both in the workplace and in your private life? Bringing o... More...

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