Awhile back I was talking with an HR colleague who had been through the worst three years of his long career, having closed several plants and laid off over 1,500 people. He talked about how utterly demoralizing it was to spend his time dismantling business rather than growing it. He hated being the bearer of [...]
[Download Catalogue] New Directions Consulting launches the 27th edition of their Training and Service Catalogue. Seen as a roadmap for many of our clients in developing a rich and robust training and development program, we hope the newest edition provides as much guidance and direction for the next generation.
Guest Blogger: Jared Eckler is the president of Townsend Leather located in upstate New York. Townsend Leather makes beautiful upholstery leather for interior designs in business and commercial aircraft, in yachts, automobiles and luxury motor coaches, and for residential, hospitality and office furniture applications. Not to be mistaken as mere distributors or marketers of leather, [...]
[Download] Deborah Mackin was a featured author in the National Pharmaceutical Sciences Group’s June edition of the Pharmafocus Magazine. In the article Mackin discusses the five general areas every organization should focus on when trying to improve their own internal processes. Mackin also highlights how to build a continuous improvement mindset in organizations while dealing with the [...]
Let’s face it; the road to the top is not always a straight line. Matter of fact, in most cases it’s a combination of a number of factors that strike the exact chord a company executive is looking for in an up-and-coming leader. While these traits, characteristics and skills are not mutually exclusive and there [...]
(Albany, NY) –– Michael Harrington, Director of Client Relations & Services at New Directions Consulting, presented Navigating the Workplace at the Young CPA Conference put on by the New York Society of CPAs. The conference was held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Albany, NY on Tuesday, June 14th.
Some supervisors apply a “one size fits all” approach to supervision. The Situational Leadership II model suggests that a supervisor should vary his or her style of leadership based on the employee’s developmental level. Ken Blanchard, creator of the Situational Leadership II model, believes that all employees pass through a job cycle of development going [...]
DOWNLOAD NDCPodcaster: Preference vs. Skill Listen to Deborah Mackin & Michael Harrington as they talk more in depth about Deb’s recent post on “Preference vs. Skill Development” and how the MBTI assessment can help a professional develop certain skills to be a more well-rounded employee.
Carlos sits in the meeting and begins tapping the tip of his pen as Claire explains why she’s disagreeing with the proposed timeline for launching the project. Impatience is written all over his face. He hates these weekly staff meetings, and finds Claire to be one of the major stumbling blocks. To his way of [...]