TEAMS in the workplace
TEAMS in the workplace
With an increasing number of employees working outside the central workplace, direct control over members of a project team is a thing of the past. In The Distance Manager, authors Kimball Fisher and...
After taking part in an exceptional business team early in his career, Keith Ferrazzi realized the “incredible power of having a team of people guide me, encourage me, help me to be open and candid, hold me accountable...
According to a 2009 study by the Standish Group, only 32 percent of all projects launched by American businesses succeed, while 44 percent are “challenged,” meaning they run over budget or deliver products or services...
CEOs are generally bright, savvy individuals with experience and a good record of success. CEO failures occur, not because of insufficient intelligence, but because leaders often act in illogical, irrational ways,...
Sales people play an important role in winning revenue for companies. It is in every organization’s best interest to enhance sales performance, especially during challenging economic times. In Turbulent Times...
When employees are fully engaged, they deliver passionate performance, a strong, sustained intellectual and emotional attachment to their work. Passionate performance creates a wall of differentiation between a firm...
Leadership can make the difference between success and failure. It entails acting through others to accomplish tasks, for there are many important goals that cannot be achieved without the help of others. However, you...
We spend much of our lives like Sisyphus, the king who was doomed forever to push a huge boulder up a hill only to have it roll back down. Unlike Sisyphus, however, our punishment is self-inflicted. In Positive...
Today, many American companies are highly risk averse and are taking a short-term view of business. Greater focus on innovation is needed to make companies more competitive. In Innovate the Pixar Way,...
In The Starfish and the Spider, entrepreneurs Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom offer that organizations fall into two categories: traditional “spiders,” which have a rigid hierarchy and a top-down...
