6 Succession Planning Strategies to Use Now!
60 minutes is all you need to come up with some great ideas for your company’s succession planning! Try a brainstorming session! This is a good way to facilitate meaningful, strategic discussion with your group on a sometimes-tough topic. Typically, I’ll recommend a longer SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) session, but this is good […]
Ron Johnson and the Three Ds
Mercifully, it isn’t a singing group. Ron Johnson’s departure as J.C. Penney’s CEO does bring one thing to mind: if you can’t connect to your customers, not much else matters. Did he make changes? Yes. Was he quick? Absolutely. Did Penney’s customers sail along with the changes? Definitely not. This turn of events makes me […]
Got CAM? 3 Sure-Fire Tactics to Make Your Life Easier!
What’s your favorite season of the year? I’d bet not many of us would say “CAM season is it!”. Here are 3 sure-fire tactics you can use NOW to save time on the back end.
7 Things Leaders MUST Have
I admit it: I’m addicted to leadership. One of my favorite, unofficial leadership “mentors” is Jack Welch. Here’s my take on the 7 things Welch says are most important for today’s leaders.
Got Habits? Strategies to Kick-Start 2013 Now
Habits: we all have them. Whether it’s hitting the snooze alarm for just-one-more-minute or grabbing that double espresso before work, it’s the habits we have that make up our daily routine. This year, give your habits a quick jump-start with these 3 tips: Turn your habit around: Recently I was chatting with a colleague who […]
Top 10 Tips for Creating a Bio that Sells
Take inventory: Be sure to assess who you are and what your area of expertise is before you begin writing your bio. Literally take a look at yourself, i.e., “I am Ann Johnson, a business development consultant in the commercial real estate industry.” Be brief: Preparing a short bio means it should be, well….short. Don’t […]
4 Questions You Can Ask Now
Who doesn’t want to create interest and excitement about their business? Grappling with how to get–and keep–a clients’ attention? Here are 4 questions you can ask yourself now to help you grow with your clients. What’s in front of me? As Dorothy said in “The Wizard of Oz”, there’s no place like home. Revisit your […]
Has Leadership Really Changed?
Close your eyes and take yourself back to your first management job. It´s one of those long, hot summer days and you´re pondering how to get your team to step up, so you may as well give it some thought. When I first began in business I worked as a new manager for a hotel […]
What Does Your Message Say? Key Questions You Can Ask
It´s a fact. Communication and transparency count in today´s workplace, more than ever before. While it´s true that you don´t have to tell everyone everything, clients and employees who feel that management communicates well with them are more likely to want to work with- and for- you. When I work with companies on how to […]
247 Billion Emails? 3 Ways to Control Distractions Now
Have you been on a conference call lately? If you have, you´ve probably noticed that it can be challenging to keep everyone´s attention on the topic at hand. If you´re like me you´re busy multi-tasking: listening to the call, sorting out a to-do list, even throwing in a few texts. In fact, experts say the […]