Cutting Jobs Creates Leadership Vacuum
Cutting jobs can create a leadership vacuum and reduce morale. Consider creative cost-cutting instead.
Change Can be Challenging for Some
Every project you take on, regardless of size or scope, creates a change in the status quo. That kicks off several stages of change that result in a series of predictable emotions and behaviors.
What if everyone gets an A?
What if everyone gets an A? Is it possible? What if every member of Congress and the new president and vice president were given an A? That means they start with a clean slate and have already earned the highest grade the public gives them. The caveat: Within the first two weeks of taking office, each…
Change | Leadership | Mentoring | Performance Management | Personal Development | Strategic Thinking
The Art of Possibility: Rule Number 6
Two prime ministers are sitting in a room discussing affairs of state. Suddenly a man bursts in, apoplectic with fury, shouting and stamping and banging his fist on the desk. The resident prime minister admonishes him: “Peter,” he says, “Kindly remember Rule Number 6,” whereupon Peter is instantly restored to complete calm, apologizes, and withdraws….
Digital tools modernize change management
Our line of work in creating strategic plans, coaching executives and managers through implementation, and change management in their organizations is constantly under pressure. There is an ever-present desire to find ways to simplify how it’s done, and shorten the time frame in achieving measurable results. Business leaders resist the amount of work and time…
Board development | Business Planning | Change | Leadership | Non-profit organizations | Strategic Planning | Strategic Thinking
Volunteer Burn-Out is a Non-Profit Dilemma
Takeaways: 1) Age demographics and volunteer burn-out are dilemmas for member-based non-profit organizations, 2) Why clear and concise communication is paramount, 3) Why change must be embraced with a revolutionary approach. Member-based non-profits inherently are subject to the dreaded disease of volunteer burn-out. As I scan the world for member-based non-profits and consider their membership…
Change | Innovation | Trends
Top 10 Technology Trends for 2015
At their Orlando, FL IT/Expo last October, Gartner analysts identified the top 10 technology trends for 2015. Since the 2015 year is half over, let’s see if some of these trends are coming to pass. Computing everywhere. Gartner predicts there will be a greater emphasis on serving mobile consumers. Yup! In April Google released an…
Is a Google self-driving car in your future?
By Jeri Denniston, Chief Marketing Strategist, Denner Group International Is your next car one that drives itself? It could be. We’re already seeing cars that park themselves. That’s a cool feature. No more backing and filling trying to squeeze into a tight spot. The car does all the work for you. This makes me think…
Getting Through the Peaks and Valleys of life
Jeri Denniston, Chief Marketing Strategist, Denner Group International Takeaways: Peaks and Valleys are normal and natural in life and work. Create a sensible vision using all five senses and then follow it to move out of the Valleys. When in a valley, ask yourself: “What is the truth about this reality?” To stay longer at…
Texting is teaching bad grammar
By Jeri Denniston, Chief Marketing Strategist, Denner Group International Takeaways: Spelling and grammar are important. Computers and texting have changed how we communicate. We’re raising a generation of people who don’t spell or use proper sentence construction and think it’s OK. Remember the IBM Selectric or the portable typewriter? Those of us who remember typewriters…
