Posted on September 15, 2009 by Dr Richard Norris
In a tough economy, now is the time to develop your people. It is your best hedge against competitive forces. It is also the key to rebounding your bottom line. So if you decide to go forward with something like this, what is your people development strategy? Notice that I said people development and not professional development. [...]
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Posted on August 11, 2009 by Dr Richard Norris
Could you do with managing your time better? Would you like to be more productive and set and lead a great example based on how you are managing your time? Would you like the people around you to respect your time and make better use of theirs? If you answered yes to any or all [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2009 by Dr Richard Norris
How should you lead yourself and your organization in this global down economy? Better yet, how should you lead in ANY ecomomy? Even more importantly in economic terms, how should you lead your revenue generating activities to help your organization grow and remain a sustainable and prosperous entity? Answer: Use corn not bullets! If we listen to [...]
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Posted on July 17, 2009 by Dr Richard Norris
With the world of organizational mangement in a great state of flux, uncertaintly, and upheavel because of global economic conditions, many new questions are surfacing to help people get their bearings. One key question doing the rounds is this one: “Do you think that companies will invest in their people development training in 2009?” Hmm? [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2009 by Dr Richard Norris
How many of us started out in life hearing the words from peers, parents and professionals that failure is bad? Schools around the world predominantly are run on pass/fail systems. “Failure as a bad thing” seems perfectly prevalent no matter where you seem to go. Why is this so? Why is the default setting for failure [...]
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