A New Year on the Horizon!
“Chronologically we’re at the end of the year but the beginning of the journey.” Sarah Ban Breathnach We are fast coming up on one of my favorite weeks of the year – the week between Christmas and the New Year!…
The Courage of Self Awareness
“One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go.” — Sheila Murray Bethel Self awareness is the first step in…
Beware of the Ripple Effect
“Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.” Hans Margolius It’s sometimes called the “ripple effect” when something disturbs still water, and what had started as small systematically…
6 Steps to Succession Management
You always need to remain proactive in your approach to succession management. A recent Wall Street Journal article advises that “management should maintain a succession chart providing details about the background and skills of promising internal professionals and roles they…
12 Ways to Multi-Task While Maintaining Focus
There’s been a lot of debate over the last few years about the effectiveness of multitasking. Productivity experts make the case that trying to do more than one thing at the same time leads to poor results — and half-finished…