The Costs of Ego, Part 2
In follow-up to Part 1: Why Businesses Fail Dr. Paul Nutt of Ohio State University conducted more than two decades of research, with hundreds of organizations, on why business decisions go awry. He discovered three key reasons why 50 percent of decisions fail: 1. More...
The Costs of Ego, Part 1
"Ego is the invisible line item on every company's profit and loss statement." - David Marcum and Steven Smith in egonomics: What Makes Ego Our Greatest Asset (or Most Expensive Liability), Fireside, 2007 Fifty-three percent of businesspeople estimate ego costs their...
Book Summary: “The “It” Factor” by Mark Wiskup
Note: This resource is part of our Moving the Bar in Your Career and Your Life, a unique approach to professional development series: Effective Communication and Constructive Conflict. Click here to see the entire series. After more than a few folks...
Book Summary: “Crucial Conversations. Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High”, by Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, and Switzler
The authors define a Crucial Conversation as a discussion between two or more people where (1) stakes are high, (2) opinions vary, and (3) emotions run high. Examples frequently involve money, relationships, job performance, politics, parenting, health, chores,...
Onboarding vs. Orientation. What’s the Difference?
Congratulations, you've made a great hiring decision and your new employee is ready to start work. The next step is probably "orientation," where they will spend the first day or two filling out paperwork and learning about the company - usually the...
Conflict – Productive or Poisonous?
Note: This resource is part of our Moving the Bar in Your Career and Your Life, a unique approach to professional development series: Effective Communication and Constructive Conflict. Click here to see the entire series. Conflict in any organization is...
Be TRUE to Yourself!
Note: This resource is part of our Moving the Bar in Your Career and Your Life, a unique approach to professional development series: My 3 Ps: Passion, Purpose, Potential. Click here to see the entire series. Many of us will do almost anything to provide the best that...
The Skills Most Entrepreneurs Lack
This article is addressed to everyone who is, or wants to be, an entrepreneur. Chairman of Target Training International and TTI Success Insights, Bill Bonnstetter, has been a business thought-leader for over 25 years. Read on to learn about what sets entrepreneurs...
Vision. Got Some?
We are well into the New Year and we know how fast time flies. Where do you want to be at the end of the year? Where do you want to be three, five, or ten years from now? Do you have a defined Vision? "Would you tell me, please which way I...
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