by Bill Treasurer | Aug 29, 2017 | Leadership Development
“Culture isn’t just one aspect of the game, it is the game.” – Lou Gerstner, Former CEO, IBM Webster’s Dictionary defines culture as “the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thought, speech, action, and artifacts and depends on man’s capacity for...
by Bill Treasurer | Aug 14, 2017 | Leadership Development
Meetings, meetings and more meetings. Ever feel like you are perpetually in a state of meetings? In my consulting work, I hear this complaint a lot. You’re not alone if you feel meetings are a waste of time or that they leave you with no time to get real work done....
by Bill Treasurer | May 19, 2017 | Leadership Development
In my work as a leadership development professional, I am fortunate to work with a lot of young leaders. I’ve noticed that when emerging leaders move into management positions, they often fret about how they will manage and motivate their direct reports. Sometimes...
by Bill Treasurer | Feb 14, 2017 | Leadership Development
Guest Post by Chip R. Bell “I’m a soldier of service,” he said proudly when I thanked him for helping me locate an item in the Home Depot near me. I smiled and asked him what that meant. “It means I am here in service of my customers,” he replied. “My job is to...
by Bill Treasurer | Feb 2, 2017 | Leadership Development
In the same way people without children can’t really know what it’s like to have kids until they do, you can’t really know what it’s like to be a leader until you actually lead. Even in organizations that invest in leadership development struggle with helping new...
by Bill Treasurer | Jan 18, 2017 | Leadership Development
If we’ve learned anything during the last couple of years, it’s that people are frustrated with “establishment” leaders. We worry that such leaders aren’t capable of acting independent of their party or organization, even when acting independently would be doing the...