In his latest letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explains one of the keys to the company’s success is the way Amazonians are expected to share information to each other. Instead of a PowerPoint Power or some other kind of slide presentation, they are required to write...
Ready or not the First Quarter of 2018 is history. And, while we can't change history (why isn't there an app for that Apple?), we can, and should, use the end of the first quarter (and every quarter) as a natural break in the rhythm...
Quoting the Rolling Stones: "You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometime you find you get what you need." That's what the Executive Summary will accomplish: trying to get what you need in a work environment where the prevailing mantra is...
In a recent coaching session, an Executive, new to my coaching program, informed me she had "a hundred ideas a day”, but had a poor record of implementing most of them. My reply was to quote Thomas Edison: “The value of an idea lies in the...
At the start of the new year, I retained a personal workout trainer. While I can lift weights, and pedal a stationary bike by myself, I know the right personal workout trainer will improve my workout performance, giving me a better ROI on the time I...
“You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.” Yogi Berra One of the ongoing issues with Team Leaders continually complain about it is they never have enough time to achieve their goals and yet they fail...
Carpe diem - seize the day. I recently attended a charity function for Autism Speaks, an organization dedicated to promoting solutions for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. I was there as the executive coach/guest of a client, who supports the charity and,...
“Individual commitment to a group effort – that’s what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” Vince Lombardi As a Work Performance Coach, I assist individuals, ranging from CEOs to Front Line Leaders, in improving their skill sets and performance...
Without motivation nothing productive happens, including getting out of bed in the morning. In the workplace, motivation is the leadership action that starts the productivity process that results in Individual and Team goals being achieved. In a coaching session, a Team Leader asked me how he...
It's that time of the year again. The time of the year when you are running out of time to get stuff accomplished - to reach the goals you set for this year. What to do? What to do? How about starting by taking that goal/idea...