How We Helped Tropicana Identify Key Staff Issues Under New Management
Tropicana, the world’s oldest leading producer of orange juice and related products and the country’s oldest not-from-concentrate brand, was stepping up its global plans along with the appointment of a new CEO…
Read MoreHow to Create the Future of Your Choice
Many of us feel powerless to influence our future. Some of us even feel victimized by our circumstances. Instead of leaving the future to chance, we must…
Read MoreFinding a Fulfilling Career: The Real Energy Crisis
Much creative and productive energy is being wasted in organizations all across the country because workers find themselves in jobs that don’t “feed” them.
Read MoreJob Applications Don’t Tell The Full Story About Applicants
The problem was that this seemingly well-qualified prospect had filled out their application in a haphazard manner with multiple spelling errors and a general sloppy appearance.
Read MoreLook Before You Leap into College or a Career
How did you find your job? Did you have a divine calling? Did you pick it because you thought that’s where the money would be? Or, are you still looking for the right niche?
Read MoreWhen a Bad Fit is a Good Thing in a Job Environment
I facilitated a team project that faced a two-fold challenge: One was an ever-present challenge of effectively communicating with each other; and the second was a general lack of understanding about differences in preferred behaviors.
Read MoreThe New Role of the Manager
For most of the last decade, people in organizations tried, with varying degrees of success, to redefine “management.” The popular approaches were re-engineering, downsizing, right-sizing, etc.
Read MoreBuilding Successful Business Partnerships
Every relationship in a business situation does not have to be a partnership to be considered successful. So, when does it make sense to form this special kind of relationship?
Read MoreManaging in the Real World
We don’t manage people; we manage relationships. People manage themselves; they choose their own behaviors. Managers create the environment…
Read MoreStrategic Futuring: A Vision-Based Approach to Planning
Most organizational leaders have dreams and fantasies about the future of their organizations and the part they want to play in that future. Most picture themselves and their organizations more successful than present reality…
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