Leadership Inspirations – Influencing Others

“The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions.” John Hancock(1737 – 1793) Founding Father of the United States of America, signer of the Declaration of Independence, President of the Second Continental Congress, and first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

The Ladder of Commitment

Are you going to achieve your most important targets for the coming year? Your answer to that question can reveal a lot about where you are on what I call “the Ladder of Commitment “, and is generally highly predictive of how far you’ll go in your pursuit of success. Here’s a quick look at […]

Leadership Inspirations – Confidence, Fun, and Amazing Things

“When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.” Joe Namath (a.k.a. ‘Broadway Joe‘) NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, led the New York Jets to win Super Bowl III

StrategyDriven Podcast Episode 31 – How to Better Engage Employees

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Episode 31 – How to Better Engage Employees explores the actions executives and managers can […]

Fending Off Employee Dissatisfaction: How to Retain Top Talent in a Turbulent Job Market

A number of recent reports have indicated that nearly 50% of the U.S. work force is unhappy with their current job. Amid the prospect of a recovering labor market, if this news doesn’t seriously concern you as a business owner or manager, it should. With such a high level of employee dissatisfaction, it’s a safe […]

StrategyDriven Podcast Series

StrategyDriven Editorial Perspective – Creating Event Certainty, part 1 of 3

With the ill-fated British Petroleum (BP) oil rig continuing to release vast amounts of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, it has now come to light that the United States government, focused on taking over vast portions of the American economy, was negligent in performing its rightful oversight role. A recent report by The New […]

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Leadership Inspirations – How to Have a Positive Impact

“Be sure to listen carefully, answer wisely, and take action thoughtfully. The positive impact of your presence and production depends on it.” Howard T. Dickens Jr.

StrategyDriven Podcast Special Edition 34b – An Interview with Dave Esler, co-author of The Pursuit of Something Better, part 2 of 2

StrategyDriven Podcasts focus on the tools and techniques executives and managers can use to improve their organization’s alignment and accountability to ultimately achieve superior results. These podcasts elaborate on the best practice and warning flag articles on the StrategyDriven website. Special Edition 34b – An Interview with Dave Esler, co-author of The Pursuit of Something […]

Six Steps to Achieving Work-Life Balance

Work life balance is the key issue of these times. Because we can work and be connected around the clock should we? My son is a swimmer and swimmers, as well as other successful athletes, work under certain success criteria. Here they are: 1) they set goals and reward themselves when they reach them; 2) […]

Leadership Inspirations – Presence is more than Present

“Presence is more than just being there.” Malcolm Forbes (1919 – 1990) Publisher of Forbes magazine