Category: Team & Culture
Live the message
Gerry was a volunteer with his local life squad/ambulance service. One day he heard an accident while raking leaves in his front lawn. He ran down to the end of…
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Up and Out, In and Down (Part 1)
Rick’s Experience One of my clients named Rick was brought into a finance organization that, for all intents and purposes, was broken. The company had grown rapidly through both acquisition…
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Pulling the job offer
Everything was on track for Jack to take over as CEO. He had met all the relevant board members. He had spent 50 hours eyeball to eyeball with the outgoing…
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In and Down, Up and Out (Part I)
Rick’s Experience One of my clients (I'll call him Rick) was brought into a finance organization that for all intents and purposes was broken. The company had grown rapidly through both acquisition…
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What if what if?
The projector could not recognize my laptop. No problem. I had 35mm slides. But the slide tray did not fit into the slide projector. No problem. I had overhead transparencies.…
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Early Onboarding Wins
Early onboarding wins are essential, especially when they’re related to results, personal wins, and emotional deposits. Early result wins There is almost always a conversation at a new employee’s six-month…
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Onboarding Values
We ran a master class today at the Onboarding Talent conference in Chicago. One of the hot buttons was values and how important it is to confirm and communicate shared…
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3 Communication Points
While there are all sorts of different ways to think about communication, for most of us, concentrating on three communication points can make a dramatic difference in our effectiveness. It…
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Why not
Two people used those two words with me over the past week, with very different meanings. Wilder Baker - Why Not Had breakfast with Wilder to talk about his ideas…
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