by Kevin Brimhall | Sep 10, 2010 | Leadership
An executive recently lamented that she and her company had far too many projects going on. All of them were important, she said, but insufficient progress was being made on most. In fact, she described her company as being "very good at getting things 80%...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jun 15, 2010 | Book Summaries, Organizational Excellence
We have been exploring employee engagement these last few months. The issue is that employee disengagement is increasing, and this is not a recent trend or one driven solely by the poor economy. Sarah Van of Raleigh Consulting Group informed me recently that more...
by Kevin Brimhall | May 27, 2010 | Organizational Excellence
Last month, we discussed the increasing disengagement of employees in the American workforce, some of the drivers, as well as the high cost of employee turnover. (read that article here) As further evidence of this issue, David Vogelpohl of Excellerate Solutions tells...
by Kevin Brimhall | May 18, 2010 | Book Summaries, Leadership
Based on a five-year research project, Good to Great answers the question: "Can a good company become a great company and, if so, how?" In this book, Jim Collins teaches that companies can make the leap to outperform the market leaders. And although his Good...
by Kevin Brimhall | Apr 6, 2010 | Book Summaries, Goals / Purpose
In "How to Become CEO. The Rules for Rising to the Top of Any Organization," author Jeffrey J. Fox expands on 75 factors to help a person become the head honcho, the top banana, the big cheese, the boss. I’ve selected 21 from Fox’s list to...
