Category Archives: Plain Leadership
What Dwight D. Eisenhower Said About Leadership
“Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
Find Out Why Your Employees Stay
If employee retention has recently become a problem do something more than exit interviews with those that leave. Gather your long-term employees and interview them. Find out why they’ve stayed. Look for tangible and intangible reasons. In addition to finding out what benefits are the most enticing you’ll want to ask about their feelings. You [...]
World Economic Forum-Davos Finally Gets it right!
Women are the way forward. Finally, beginning today – Feb 1- some of the most powerful companies in the U.S(Coca-Cola, Accenture, and others) are signing a worldwide pledge to bring women into the economic mainstream. And not a second too soon. They are finally beginning to understand what development experts have known all along: women [...]
Forty Experts Talk About Employee Engagement ONLNE!!!
QUIT but STAYED? Employee Engagement livecast!!! Over 5000 people registered for the Blanchard Livecast on Jan 25—I’m one of 40 thought leaders presenting, check it out ow.ly/8zw5x #quitandstay It is a brainchild of The Blanchard Companies and promises to be a rich endeavor. So rich, you will probably want to have access to the downloads. [...]
I Am A Top5 Speaker Honoree For 2012
I’ve just been notified by Speakers Platform that I have been awarded the Top5 Speaker designation in Team Building / Leadership for the second year in a row! Each year, Speakers Platform recognizes five speakers within fifteen popular topic areas. Recognition of excellence in speaking is based on: expertise, professionalism, client testimonials & references, presentation [...]
From The Mountain – Resiliency Insights for 2012
I am on retreat at my wonderful spiritual center that crouches at the base of a mountain range towering over Montecito, CA and the distant Channel Islands. Every year, I make a self-pilgrimage to the top of El Cielo. It’s a 4.3 mile hike from the center to the ridge line. This is my 16th [...]
STEP UP in 2012: YOU MATTER!
My colleague, Dr. John Izzo, has given the world a great gift for the new year: a marvelous new book for everyone who is tired of waiting for Congress to fix things, for world leaders who are clueless, and for organizations that don’t understand how to impact people and communities. Stepping Up-How Taking Responsibility Changes [...]
BOLD LEADERS SPEAK UP
Anyone Can Be An Ally When gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people don’t feel safe and valued at work, productivity goes down, and organizations fail in their efforts to attract and retain the best and brightest talent. Many organizations realize this, and have created clear policies on the issues. But in order for the climate [...]
Speakers Platform Top5 Speaker Nomination
Speakers Platform has just announced our “Top5 Speaker” nominations for 2012 and I am one of the nominees in the Team Building/ Leadership category. This is the category that I won this year. Each year Speakers Platform recognizes five speakers within ten popular topic areas. Recognition of excellence in speaking is based on: expertise, professionalism, [...]
Leadership Five Hundred Ranking
The Leadership 500 is an annual ranking of the best individuals, teams, and organizations in leadership development practices and employee motivation-productivity. The Leadership 500 was published in the October 2011 Special Edition of Leadership Excellence and sent to our over 187,000 paid membership base including the Fortune 1000 and many of the world’s “movers, shakers, [...]