by Al Killeen | Apr 3, 2014 | Employee Engagement, Leadership, Optimize, Recruit, Team
As we each face the daily challenges of modern business and life, we have to approach our effectiveness in new ways. In today’s “Information-based economy”, we are going to have abundant new resources and tools from which we may choose to operate. However, the one...
by Mike Lyons | Oct 15, 2013 | Effective Management, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Values Based Culture
The Discussion Topic: Caution – Mental Models at Work A colleague of mine and I were talking to the company’s Client Services Manager about a client’s complaint last week. At issue was a client who was unhappy with the service they had received from our company. As...
by Al Killeen | Sep 22, 2013 | Employee Engagement
There was once an island in the beautiful blue Pacific where two brothers lived. These brothers, Bob and Joe, loved each other greatly and grew up with joy and happiness in a wonderful family. However, they had very different tendencies when it came to how they should...
by Mike Lyons | Sep 11, 2013 | Effective Management, Employee Engagement, Leadership
Managing Meetings – Best Practices Meetings are an important method for collaborating, planning and making decisions. Increasing the productivity of meetings is a useful way for organizations to get the most out of an employee’s time and effort. While good meetings...
by Mike Lyons | May 30, 2013 | Employee Engagement
Three Things to Improve a Teams Performance Today, we are bombarded with the idea and meaning of the word team. It’s exaggerated in the sports we watch, the trades, the games, rankings, tournaments, championships rings and dressing room drama, the celebrity. Any...