Do You Listen with Your Eyes?

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Gwenn Andahazy

Do You Listen with Your Eyes? I had just finished providing instructions to one of my team members. As was customary, she took notes and nodded. I concluded the conversation with my usual line, “Are you ready to get started?”  Her enthusiastic “Yes” was belied by the furrow in her brow and her reluctance to [...]

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Leaders: Abandon Ship or Row to Shore?

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Mandy Russell

What is it that makes a high performing team? Imagine this… You have just started your new job post and you are about to meet your new team. If it feels like the first day at school for you! But take moment and think about your team. Just imagine how they are feeling. Is it [...]

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Leadership Balance: It’s About Spinning Plates!

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Mandy Russell

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”  Albert Einstein Leadership is about spinning plates, both in the workplace and outside of it. as a leader, our daily business goal is to create compelling vision and allow our future leaders to devise stretch-goals that drive business growth. We motivate, [...]

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Leadership Lessons Learned from the Playing Fields

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Leah M. Fygetakis

When I was in college, I played on a women’s recreational touch football team.  We were known as the Iron Ovaries. Those were the days of women claiming our rightful place in being able to do whatever men could do.  Yes, the times were changing… but have they really? Ask yourself this question: Are women today [...]

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‘Twas The Night In The Boardroom

Posted on December 25, 2009 by George Brymer

…With Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore… ‘Twas a week before Christmas and all through the firm, The rumors were spreading like vaccine-resistant germs. The staff members huddled in the conference room, scared— Aware that the big boss soon would be there. The top dog’s the founder—kind of set in his ways. He’s led by oppression [...]

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