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How To Hire Employees And Keep Them Harvard Business Review published, Employees Who Trust Their Managers Are More Likely to Trust Their CEOs. If you are responsible for hiring and retaining employees you should pay close attention. The article drew on the notion of trust transfer because junior employees interact much more with their immediate […]
Read articleExecutive Coaching What is executive coaching? “Professional Coaching is an ongoing professional relationship that helps people produce extraordinary results in their lives, careers, businesses, and organizations. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance, and enhance their quality of life.” — International Coaching Federation Definition of Coaching Executive coaching is called by […]
Read articleMaking a careful review of one’s past is the first step in the development of a Life Plan. The next step is to assess your current reality. The final step is to create a vision and strategy to achieve your dreams, which will be published in the next few weeks. Part Two: Assess Your Reality […]
Read articleIt is a most peculiar thing to have a dream buried deep inside a person. Why is it such a struggle for some to bring their dreams to life? We stall because of the security of a job or we listen to the wrong people or we lose faith in our abilities or any […]
Read articleLike Cousin Eddie, many in America wander aimlessly through life without a life plan. In Eddie’s case, no matter his situation he seemed happy. Don’t you wish you could be more like Cousin Eddie? What if you could have this kind of joy and a life plan? This is the introduction to a plan that […]
Read articleIn my last post I introduced four keys to effective leadership development. The willingness to try new approaches The motivation of the manager The safety the manager feels when trying new approaches, and Determining what success looks like Motivation Managers must want to change. This change may be a desire to become a better leader […]
Read articleBack in my PepsiCo days, leadership development was applied using annual Individual Management Development Planning (IMD). Leadership skills were self-assessed and evaluated by one’s boss, and approved by his/her boss. Pepsi followed GE’s approach by terminating (the exact label was: “Move Out”) the bottom 10%, promoting or transferring the top 10% and developing the middle. There […]
Read articleHave I discovered my ideal-self? What do I want for my life? Simple questions right? Wrong. I cannot begin to tell you how many people have expressed their disillusionment to the answer to these questions. Most people live incongruent with their “ideal self.” Many listen to a voice who told them you would make a […]
Read articleWant an abundant life? Wide is the path that leads to destruction. Narrow is the path that leads to life. When I lived in Missouri I did my share of hunting; birds (quail and pheasant), rabbits, turkey and deer. Hunting deer and specifically big bucks requires some skill. These male deer will allow the […]
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