Hiring/Firing

DePaul University -Apr 07, 2020

Reading time – 24 seconds; Viewing time – 16:57 . . . Every semester my former Vistage CEO member Bruce Leech, now Executive Director of the Coleman Entrepreneurial Center at DePaul University in Chicago, asks me to present to his senior year students. It’s immensely rewarding and fun to be Read More

Inspiration – v7.0 -Jan 30, 2020

Reading time -39 seconds . . . Great leadership is, in part, centered around the issue of inspiration. Indeed, a 2018 survey done by the Zenger-Folkman organization and published in the Harvard Business Review Blog focused on boss-employee behavior and sheds light on this issue. Their study centered on how U.S. Read More

How Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em? -Dec 20, 2018

Reading time – 39 seconds; Viewing time – 2:09 . . . Near the beginning of my keynotes and workshops I often ask attendees what their biggest leadership challenge is. In the last couple of years I’ve commonly heard about the challenge of finding qualified people to fill job openings. Read More

News For You From Gallup -Apr 26, 2018

Reading time – 38 seconds . . . When people leave their jobs for another they routinely say they’re leaving for a better opportunity or better pay. While those conditions may exist, about 68% leave primarily because of a perceived conflict with an immediate superior. Have a look at my Read More

Focus v2.0 -Jan 02, 2018

Reading time – 66 seconds – slightly longer for the first post of the year; Viewing time – 2:29 . . . Vince Lombardi famously started each of his training camps for the Green Bay Packers with a speech to the team. These veterans and rookies alike, all great athletes, Read More

Generation Z -Mar 23, 2017

Reading time – 59 seconds; Viewing time – 2:36 – just a teeny bit longer . . . That’s right – Millennials (Gen Ys) are so yesterday. In a wonderful CNBC article by Dan Schwabel he pokes at the heart of Gen Zs, the leading edge of whom are just Read More

I Was Going To Say Something So Smart -Feb 24, 2017

Reading time – 23 seconds . . . Yes, I really had something special for you. Really insightful stuff that can rock your leadership world. And it will just have to wait for another day. My pal John Howman, TEC group chairman extraordinaire and crafty strategic consultant in Wisconsin, publishes Read More