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Consulting Tip #7: Beware of Other People Using Your Intellectual Property for Their Exposure

Johanna Rothman

The reply: Spend five hours a month in meetings (roughly an hour each week). For example, I'm doing a webinar on November 30 where the value is primarily promotion for my new book. I said this in the Successful Indepentent Consulting book : People die of exposure—both hot and cold. Why should I train their people for free?

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Synergy Unleashed: The Power of Great Teamwork

Rick Conlow

Our assessment identified a silo mentality throughout the organization and minimal leadership development or training. We addressed the issues with new communication channels, customer service and quality initiatives, on-going quality leadership training for all leaders (executives, too), and team development applications.

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7 Employee Comments that Destroy a Team

Rick Conlow

The team leader did little upfront analysis or training. If I hear rumors, I name it at the next team meeting, and address it. ” These are the naysayers who have every excuse in the book for why the goal cannot be achieved. After reviewing goals, ground rules and doing some training, we started.

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The Top Eleven Things Employees Want From Their Leader

Rick Conlow

When consulting with clients we always find ways to do individual and team recognition at meetings. For example, use meetings, one on ones, virtual sessions, phone conferences, company portal, email, Zoom, and texts. For example, meet one on one with each employee monthly. Finally, see Rick’s newest book.

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Why Employee Recognition Matters in Today’s Workplace

Rick Conlow

Through planning meetings, training, and coaching we ramped up the initiative. Management set a fifteen percent goal for improvement. Innovation Awards: Recognizing and rewarding employees who produce innovative ideas, process improvements, or new products/services can encourage a culture of creativity and entrepreneurship.

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How to Beat Mid-Career Malaise

Harvard Business

Even people who have achieved a great deal of career success aren’t immune to these feelings, says Whitney Johnson, an executive coach and the author several books including Build an A-Team. Seek meaning by making an effort to meet people who benefit from your work. ” Consider a career change. If not now, when?”

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How to Motivate Frontline Employees

Harvard Business

They wanted to improve revenue, cost, risk, and customer satisfaction all at the same time. They reached out to us because we wrote a book describing how these performance outcomes would be improved with an operating model that increases motivation.). There were rules. Systematically manage apprenticeship.

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