Leadership by Leading
Posted by Steve Reese as Leadership Development, bottom line leadership, continuous improvement, leadership, qualities of leadership
We have just been though one of the greatest financial crisis in the history of the world. The world goes further into debt. Companies struggle to be profitable. We continue to see the bickering of politicians and watch the business-as-usual with our governments. The wars in foreign countries continue. We continue to watch the further [...]
Dealing With Conflict Is Not Hard To Do
Posted by Christopher Stowell as coaching skills, conflict, leadership, management, problem solving
Many people associate conflict with negativity, but conflict doesn’t have to be unpleasant; it can even be enjoyable. Conflict when used in a constructive way, can bring forth great outcomes and ideas, often benefiting those who are involved by exposing them to alternative perspectives.
Yesterday, while watching the daily news, I saw a commercial that caught [...]
Halloween And The MBA: What Do They Have In Common?
Posted by Matt Fankhauser as Mini-MBA, accounting, business acumen, economics, finance, leadership, strategy
What does trick-or-treating and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) have in common? Think about it for a moment – maximizing your gains, equations for efficiency, and opportunity costs. Are you seeing the connection yet?
Maximizing Your Profitability
I was watching a report on CNN last week about the strategies of maximizing their acquisition of treats on [...]
Making A Game Out Of Work
Posted by Matt Fankhauser as continuous improvement, leadership, motivation
Over the past few months, I have been serving as an assistant coach for my son’s Little League Football team. It has been a lot of work to teach the boys the techniques of the sport; blocking, tackling, and running. I have found that the best way to teach children is to have fun while [...]
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same
Posted by Richard Williams, Ph.D. as bottom line leadership, bottom line performance, bottom line results, leadership
Interview with Ted Zimmerman on Bottom Line Leadership
In 1981 I had the honor of interviewing Ted Zimmerman. You might have a similar reaction to hearing the name as I did when I first heard it, because I had never heard of Ted Zimmerman. As a teenager Ted had been a clerk in the first self-service [...]
Change: To Lead Or Be Led
Posted by Charity Martushev as change management, leadership
Recently I wrote a blog of a co-workers grandson who was able to make the team in tryouts for a premier soccer league. Unfortunately as he was looking forward to his first game, her grandson was given a blow. He is suffering from stress fractures in his back, requiring him to take it easy for [...]
Intention not Perfection
Posted by Martha Rice as leadership, team development, teamwork
Five Years Later
After five years separation, several former employees of a bankrupt company, which I was one of, decided to have a mini reunion. The main purpose of getting together was to find out how our coworkers survived their major life changes. We wanted to know if the others were happy in their new jobs [...]
Gathering Intelligence
Posted by Charity Martushev as leadership
Once there was a boy who found there was a wonderful device, the telephone with a live person on the other line ready to help you. Her name was ‘Information Please’ and there seemed there was nothing she did not know. Information Please could supply anyone’s number, the correct time and as the boy soon [...]
Turbulent Waters Requires Strong Leadership
Posted by admin as communication, leadership, qualities of leadership, team development
The helm or steering mechanism of a ship adjusts the angle of the rudder, and in turn, changes the direction of the ship. In the 18th century as technology increased ships began to increase in size. While this growth was advantageous, at the same time the ships became increasingly difficult to control. Thus a ship [...]
Leading Your Team Through A Reactive Culture
Posted by Martha Rice as Leadership Development, Uncategorized, leadership, qualities of leadership, teamwork
Recently, I was leaving a local arena with my family after attending a hockey game. Our local winter weather tears our roads apart and therefore created some necessary road work to be done that was in currently in progress. Therefore, instead of two lanes leading north out of the parking lot there was [...]
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