John Kotter, renowned author and change management guru, reported in his book, Leading Change, that 70% of change initiatives in organizations and businesses fail. That is an extraordinarily depressing figure when we also hear that the only constant in life these days is change. Does that mean that we’re all doomed to fail 70% of [...]
I know it should be 5 Easy Pieces to correspond with the movie title, but I didn’t want to shortchange you on information, so I went with 10. Summer is a great time to recalibrate the ‘marketing machine’ as businesses usually slow down during this time period and the demands aren’t as high. However, like [...]
Judging by the amount of times I’ve run into this phenomenon it’s probably safe to assume that most people have found themselves, somewhere along the way, in the midst of a battle between the operations side of the house, and the corporate / executive side. Now you might be asking yourself, I’m not really sure [...]
Team-Building Author Hosts Webinar for ExecSense Deborah Mackin, author of the team-building tool kit series, including The Team-Building Tool Kit, Second Edition in 2007 (AMACOM), recently partnered with Execsense to host a webinar for consultants looking to gain a competitive edge. Mackin presented on The 7 Professional Skills Most Critical to the Success of a [...]
How did you react when you first heard about Stephen Slater? Did you say, “Way to go! My hero?” Did you explain away his actions by his obvious high stress? Or were you one to condemn him for his lack of control on the job? Do you think that he woke up that morning and [...]