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"When you arrive at a fork in the road — take it." — Yogi Berra, major league baseball Hall of Fame player and coach Many paths lead to higher performance. The high performance route is individual and unique for every perso... More...

andrea@morningstarventures.comBy Andrea Chilcote and Susan Reece, PhD Power is a fascinating concept. Babies experience power related to obtaining nourishment and comfort; adults recognize how power affects their jobs, lifestyle and relationships.... More...

andrea@morningstarventures.comBy Andrea Chilcote and Susan Reece, PhD Power is a fascinating concept. Babies experience power related to obtaining nourishment and comfort; adults recognize how power affects their jobs, lifestyle and relationships.... More...

By: Susan Reece, PhD and Andrea Chilcote When my tennis coach tells me that I didn’t follow through on my swing, I ask myself how the ball “knows.” The trajectory of the ball is influenced by all of the nuances of my stance, appr... More...

My last article, Pruning Thorns from Roses: HR's Role in Managing Disruptive Key Employees,1 explored approaches for managing difficult key employees. Several readers of this article requested that I examine what they felt was a more difficult and pe... More...

Of those North American companies that have management succession plans barely half update them on a regular basis, according to a survey of more than 2,500 senior human resources executives by Novations Group, a global consulting organization based ... More...

To be effective and lasting, corporate social responsibility must complement an organization's entire business strategy - particularly staff development. With a focus on experiential learning, philanthropy-based training and development programs can ... More...

It's hard for most people to picture a corporate executive as an apprentice, someone whom the dictionary defines as engaged in learning a skill or a craft. But the concept of apprenticeship is at the heart of a new approach to leadership development ... More...

The following posting is adapted from the new book Surrounded by Geniuses: Unlocking the Brilliance in Yourself, Your Colleagues, and Your Organization. If there was ever a time for HR leaders and professionals to make a real difference it is now, wh... More...

People who strive to release their full potential and achieve their best in every endeavor do so for many reasons. Altruism, self-fulfillment, reward and recognition, and curiosity are a few of them. The most ennobling, innovative, and profitable of ... More...

When we ask our program participants to describe the elements of credibility, they often will suggest things like: a proven track record, a list of satisfied customers, number of years in business, financial strength, business size, etc., all items t... More...

Dr. Bob Sutton, from Stanford University, has written some very significant books including “Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense” and “The Knowing-Doing Gap”(both with Jeffrey Pfeffer) as well as “11-1/2... More...

It’s always interesting to look beneath the surface and see what is really going on in an organization. Bob Marshak has been working in this area for a long time; he has more than 30 years’ experience working for the private and public se... More...

The most contaminated nuclear plant in the United States; Rocky Flats was an environmental disaster and the site of rampant worker unrest. Now on its way to becoming a wildlife refuge, the project is running 60 years ahead of schedule and $30 billion... More...

As human resources executives look ahead from the fourth quarter to budgets for 2007, they face these perennial questions: How much say do we have in the budget process? Do we have enough pull to reap a payoff from the company’s investments i... More...

The brightest business ideas and strategies will fail or yield suboptimal results in an obstructive culture. Resistance to change, territoriality, silo mentality, lack of trust, fear, unidirectional communication, inbreeding, blame game, egomania (se... More...

The Western economies realized decades ago that small and medium enterprises are really the main drivers of the economy. While big businesses are necessary to preserve and maintain structure within the economy, surely they have considerable problems ... More...

Facilitating a group within your own organization poses particular challenges, especially if you're perceived as a decision-maker or as highly influential. The question here is 'how do I ensure that my group sees me as a neutral person engaged ... More...

This morning you arrived at work early to check on a special project. As you enter the building you hear excited voices coming down the hall. As you walk through the office door, Mary, your Sales Manager, notices the surprised expression ... More...

Despite best team building efforts, many organizations are still operating on low power when it comes to producing desired results. They´ve invested time and dollars in events that supposedly help team members bond and function coherently... More...

Time Management. An interesting concept, and a topic that Solutions EAP is asked to present fairly often in a workshop format. It occurs to me that what employers are really interested in, is productivity. To actually manage time is an ox... More...

In American English slang, hairstyles are called "dos", short for "hairdos". Not DOS, the computer operating system of old. "Do" plural. Ethnic styles, in particular, are called "dos". (Example: "Girlfriend, your do is looking fine!") With my short h... More...

I met with employees last week who were complaining that their leadership doesn't have enough to do or suffers from organizational ADD. Doesn't matter. The effect is the same. Their bosses had just returned from an annual leadershi... More...

In no other industry are sociable skills more critical for success than insurance, according to a study by PsyMax Solutions, a Cleveland human capital assessment firm. " Sociability in the workplace means being able to relate to others in a highl... More...

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Power’s Paradoxical Pattern

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Social Responsibility as a Catalyst for Staff Development

How Apprenticeship Solves The Succession Crisis

Unlocking Genius in Yourself and Your Organization

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Team Building: Leadership Strategies To Address Today´s Most Common Team Building Problems

Time Management 101: Managing Time? Now there´s a misnomer!!

The Don´ts of Dos

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