May 27th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

The final finding from the TowersWatson survey on which I want to shine a light has to do with treating each employee individually with respect to the constellation of attitudes, ...more »

April 12th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (1)

The baby boomer cohort (commonly accepted age range: 46-64) are the proverbial pig-in-the-python, demographically speaking. Economists raise the alarm of a looming shortage of workers when the "pig" has passed ...more »

March 4th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

It's notoriously hard to motivate people who work in repetitive or routine administrative or blue collar jobs. Adam Grant, management professor at the Wharton School of Business, however, has done ...more »

January 28th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Scads has been written about how to lead your people, keep them motivated, and mitigate the stress-and-worry effects of the recession. Here's a really comprehensive article from Workforce Management, entitled, ...more »

January 21st, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Janice Stein, a political scientist at the University of Toronto, said a key indicator of a successful political leader is that he/she takes people to a place they don't necessarily ...more »

January 11th, 2010 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Brian Hayman, one of our associates at Fulcrum Associates, has penned some wisdom that I would like to quote: We write stories for ourselves in which we cast ourselves in leading ...more »

December 21st, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

I'm returning to the work of Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman one more time. They found a significant relationship between the degree to which a manager is strong in the ...more »

December 14th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman in their latest book, The Inspiring Leader, share a remarkable piece of data about how to move your leadership ability to its full potential. Their ...more »

December 10th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

So many people–some studies put it the number as high as 50%–are not happy in their current their job. Almost all of these, I reckon, believe that their job is ...more »

December 7th, 2009 at 7:00 am » Comments (0)

Political consultant James Carville provided the now famous (in the US, at least) phrase format for directing laser-like attention to the issue that presents the highest leverage. Leadership blogger Steve ...more »