In case you didn’t know, the San Francisco Giants and the Detroit Tigers are playing in the World Series. When I was a kid, everyone would have known that. In fact, half of the televisions in America would be tuned in to each game. But that was before the internet, DVRs, and hundreds of channels
On October 30-31 in Indianapolis, IN we will be offering a workshop open to the public titled, Conflict Confidence (details and registration here). Today I am interviewing Guy Harris, designer and facilitator of this workshop, my co-author on From Bud to Boss, and a Master Trainer at the Kevin Eikenberry Group. Kevin: The title of
Engagement is a very trendy word, and while it is so powerful, because of its (over)use, people are making it harder to understand and think about than is necessary. In fact, it is writers, speakers and consultants (yep, people like me) who are adding to the confusion by injecting complexity where it isn’t needed. So
Workshops and lectures about decision making center around tools, data and processes. The thinking goes that to make the best decisions, the best data must be available and properly used. And since we often have lots of data, we need tools for parsing, analyzing, understanding and displaying that data. These tools and approaches are important
A key concept in economics is scarcity. In economic terms, it is when people have unlimited wants but resources are limited. If you look up scarcity in the dictionary, you will find a similar idea: 1. insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth. 2. rarity; infrequency. (Source: Dictionary.com) In practice, when things are scarce, several things
As you likely have heard, Stephen R. Covey, author of many bestselling books, most notably The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People died Monday at age 79 (here is the CNN story). Covey was an author, speaker, humanitarian, business person and much more. In 1996 he was named by Time Magazine as one of the
By John Chen Technology can make our lives easier and more productive – especially when teams are comprised of people working remotely. All of the technology in the world won’t make teams effective or the individuals on them as productive as possible. In this new book, the author puts the need for team building together
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