Team Building

What Conductors Can Teach Us About Leadership

September 14, 2009

Effective leadership is important but it’s also hard. There isn’t a right or a wrong way to do it. It’s personal. I’ve seen many styles and almost all have a place. It depends on the situation and the personalities of the leader and those being led. In general, I’ve observed two leadership styles in business [...]

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Meetings – 6 Ways to Avoid that Sucking Sound

May 7, 2009

We attend lots of meetings. This isn’t necessarily bad. A well manged meeting is a great opportunity to move the ball forward. You can also get great stimulation from interaction with colleagues. Here are 12 ways to build relationships at work. But I’m afraid that many most meetings are so badly managed they are nothing [...]

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Acme Productivity Enhancer –
Bottleneck removal at your fingertips.

March 11, 2009

The difficult business environment has me thinking about productivity in the workplace, about doing more with less. In my experience, a key to improved productivity is the application of bottleneck remover or, said another way, delegate. Productivity is nice, but delegation can be scary. “What if they don’t do what I want done the way [...]

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