Millennial Mythbusters Part III: Managing Millennials As noted...
Leadership Articles
Millennial Mythbusters Part II: Interviewing Millennials
Millennial Mythbusters Part II: Interviewing Millennials In my...
Millennials in the Workforce Study – Part One
Millennials in the Workforce Study - Part One I was inspired to...
Handling Difficult Employees
10 Tips for Handling Difficult Conversations with Difficult Employees When you have a difficult employee, it may be tempting to ignore the problem and hope the issues go away. But chances are, it will only get...
Mentoring Your Team to be Leaders
We recently attended the Agency Management Institute (AMI) Conference for Owners & Leaders in Chicago and were asked to lead roundtables on the subject of “Mentoring Your Team to be Leaders." About 18...
5 Steps to a Profitable and Sustainable Exit
Align your talent development with your organization's future leadership needs. Next week Sue and I will be in Denver as the main sponsor of a national conference for 275 Exit Planning professionals from around...
Leadership Reading List
We have sifted through various lists and talked to our friends and colleagues in leadership, to come up with this Leadership Reading List of indisputable classics and fresh voices. Read these and other texts to drive your future and the success of your organization.
Recently Published
This article written for Maine Biz discusses how to gain a competitive advantage from the new federal overtime rules .
Onward Nation Interview
Stephen Woessner, host of Onward Nation, recently interviewed Art Boulay. The interview is focused on “recipes for success” learned in life and business
Talent Management
Accurate hiring selection is essential to retain top performers. Employees who fit into the values and culture of the organization stay and are engaged.
Retention
Because a manager’s role is to guide and evaluate the employee, the manager’s day-to-day behavior can be a potential obstacle to retention of top talent.
Back to Zero
Success is the enemy of change. Change agents, typically considered to be outsiders and upstarts, bring new ideas to the table which can take an industry back to zero. Those who were successful under the old rules do not even recognize the rules have been changed. Because they have no preconceptions of what a “watch” should look like, change agents have the advantage.