My team suggested that it might be fun for me to do my Top Ten Communication Tips for this week’s blog, as a change of pace from our rather “heavy duty” ones of late. So, imagine you’re watching one of the late shows on TV where they count down from ten – with drum roll [...]
My high school football coach had a mantra: “You represent this school and this football team both on and off the field.” The idea was that your conduct and behavior symbolized the attitude and behavior of the team as a whole. Your poor decisions to go down to the party on Friday or mouth off [...]
When my oldest son, Michael, was Chief Student Affairs Officer at Paul Smith’s College, he used to use the phrase, “helicopter parents,” when describing parents who ran interference for their kids, made all the decisions, and then told their kids what to do. This might happen with a roommate argument, upset over dining hall food, [...]
Autumn is the time of year when senior leadership teams are working on strategic plans, finalizing budgets, and making last minute adjustments to bring the fourth quarter in on target. While some leaders question whether a team is a viable structure to coordinate strategy at that level, others are becoming increasingly aware that business demands [...]
This week we bring to you a special edition of our weekly blog highlighting Deb Mackin’s recent publication in Training Magazine’s online resource ManageSmarter.com. In the publication, Deb introduces her new model of analyzing and responding to behavorial management in the workplace: The Belief: Behavior Connection model©, a concept that Training Magazine and others have found [...]