by admin | Dec 18, 2014 | Diversity in Workforce, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Future of Work, Leadership Development, Management Tips, Managing Difficult Employees
Looking back on 2014, it’s clear that the US workforce is drastically changing. The freelance workforce is at 53 million strong and rising, women are increasingly leaving the corporate world to start their own businesses (which are growing 50% faster than new...
by admin | Dec 4, 2014 | Diversity in Workforce, Employee Engagement, Leadership Development, Management Tips
You don’t have to be “certified” to be a leader, like you do in order to be a CPA. Imagine we get to design a curriculum that is a pre-requisite to becoming a leader. What would the top 5 classes be? I asked this very question to my peers on...
by admin | Nov 25, 2014 | Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching, Leadership Development
Isn’t it odd that certain professions require a certification process, yet being a leader doesn’t require one? Social workers, CPAs, lawyers, doctors and other professionals all went through some type of licensing or exam process, yet leaders don’t even require an...
by admin | Nov 6, 2014 | Leadership Development
I heard Richard Branson on the Diane Rehm show, and he spoke about something extremely important for successful leadership: listening. I find Branson’s comments on listening to be spot-on: “I think not enough business leaders know the art of listening....
by admin | Sep 30, 2014 | Future of Work, Women in Workforce
Women are making major strides on many different fronts of higher education, including college enrollment and degree completion. Did you know that more women than men enter college and earn their bachelor’s degrees before the age of 30 in America? However, there is...
