by Kevin Brimhall | Mar 28, 2016 | Personal Improvement
There’s a part of being emotionally intelligent that is key to leaders successfully creating collaborative outcomes and it would appear, from my experience with thousands of them in training and executive coaching sessions, to be the portion known as "self...
by Kevin Brimhall | Mar 14, 2016 | Personal Improvement
At times we post articles from other outlets or authors that fit well with our values, beliefs and objectives, and this is one such article. Whenever we’re working closely with other people, it’s easy for tensions to arise thanks to differences in...
by Kevin Brimhall | Feb 26, 2016 | Organizational Excellence
All too often we assume that innovations get dreamt up in isolation, by brainiacs in the back office, far from the madding customer crowd. But that’s not the case with innovation-adept companies. They value listening. They welcome suggestions. They pounce...
by Kevin Brimhall | Feb 11, 2016 | Organizational Excellence
2015 proved to be a year of change in the talent management industry. Between the rise of assessment use to an increased focus on stress management and employee engagement, HR executives have become more of a critical piece to a growing company than ever before. This...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jan 27, 2016 | Sales / Growth
When you are in the business of sales, it’s natural to have fears, but it’s important to overcome those fears in order to be successful. Below are several common fears and ideas on overcoming them. Undoubtedly, the biggest fear most people have in business...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jan 11, 2016 | Leadership
Making decisions is an incredibly important aspect of effective leadership…and part of what defines your success as a leader is the ability to make sound and timely decisions. Remember, even when you don’t make a decision, you’re still making...
by Kevin Brimhall | Dec 16, 2015 | Book Summaries, Personal Improvement
Drive is another popular book from the author of best-selling and insightful books such as The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, Free Agent Nation and A Whole New Mind. Subtitled The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Drive rebukes the long-standing belief that,...
by Kevin Brimhall | Dec 2, 2015 | Organizational Excellence
Providing the right kind of recognition for employees, at the right time There is significant discourse in the country regarding the importance of employee performance. There is no doubt that it’s critical for the organization to reach its strategic goals. The...
by Kevin Brimhall | Nov 16, 2015 | Leadership
Motivation and inspiration are frequently used as synonyms, but they are actually quite different. Motivation is "the act or process of giving someone a reason for doing something; a force or influence that causes someone to do something". It is an...
by Kevin Brimhall | Oct 26, 2015 | Motivation / Inspiration
When we decide to make changes in our lives, one of the biggest obstacles we might need to overcome is procrastination. We want to change, yet we keep putting off the very steps that will create the desired results. A couple of years ago, we wrote about the negative...
