by Randy | Aug 17, 2016 | Excellence, Influence, Leadership
One of the highlights of last week’s Global Leadership Summit was a talk given by John Maxwell. He challenged leaders to focus on adding value to people. Something John has been doing for decades. There were three big ideas that John communicated. Feel...
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by Mark | May 13, 2015 | Change Management, Organizational Effectiveness, Workplace Culture
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” That’s how Peter Drucker described the power of culture. Arguably, culture is stronger than vision, strategy, tenure, or even in some cases, it can be stronger than leadership. Culture is a lot like electricity – if...
by Mark | Jan 5, 2015 | Organizational Effectiveness, Personal Effectiveness
In his best-selling book, The Power of Habit, Charles Duhigg coined the term, “keystone habits.” These are habits, once formed, which have a positive ripple effect in our lives and in our organizations. It is an intriguing idea, to say the least. What habits, or...
by Mark | Apr 21, 2014 | Leadership, Personal Effectiveness
Last week, I was part of a team that traveled to another city to visit some of our competitors. Although we’ve done this several times before, I always find it valuable. I was reminded again how easy it is to fall behind – as brands, as organizations and as individual...
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