Any trivia buff worth their salt knows the answer to this question: What was the first video ever played on MTV? And if you’re really sharp, you’ll even know the group. (answer at bottom of post). I thought we would take an interesting departure from the...
Crisis provides clarity. Crisis reveals character. Crisis shows who is going to step up. A can also either destroy a business, or it can burn away the underbrush of a bloated and listless organization, leaving fertile ground for a new organization to emerge. To handle...
Going through the facilitation training to become certified to train Franklin Covey’s leadership module series plus my time in the workforce has given me the opportunity to observe a lot of management strategies meant to increase efficiencies and provide a...
For a short period of time I employed a millennial. Frustrated the hell out of me! But, I learned something very valuable. At one point I had asked her to sit in on a seminar at a conference and take notes. I was at the same conference but was sitting in on another...
It is the hardest appointment to keep. It is the one with yourself. But that is the foundation of “the one thing.” Dr. Stephen Covey in the 7 habits of highly effective people called it habit 3: first things first. Making an appointment with yourself and...