Apr 7, 2011

Typically when a business begins to choke, or feel like it is being choked, it is normally around financial pressures. The inability to generate cash flow combined with increase desire of creditors/vendors to get paid can choke the life out of a company. That is not what I am talking about. In this case is one person, who holds all the vital knowledge...

Mar 21, 2011

I am working with my local high school to help introduce business to an English class filled with juniors. They are taking the motifs from the novel they are reading and applying it to real world case studies about work. The students bring a very bold black & white view to their understanding of the cases. They have a refreshing approach that removes...

Dec 29, 2010

I first want to start out by saying that this post is not paid for, nor any form of compensation received, by the Starwood Hotels Group, Aloft hotels, or the great city of Chesapeake, Virginia. Instead it is merely my observations on what transpired on a snowy day, 26 December to be exact, and how a remarkable individual made a dreary experience warm and...

During a presentation on building talented business teams and better morale that I gave, a question was raised about who is ultimately responsible for morale.  One audience member had taken the position that it is the responsibility of the leader or leadership to set the tone.  Another audience member felt it was incumbent upon the employees to be responsible...

Would it not be great if there were signs your employees wore on their heads that helped identify what they would be great at?  You can walk through your cubicle farm and see who would be best at managing, sales, customer relations, negotiation, etc.  It would make some of the problems a company experiences disappear and others minimal at their worst. Well you...