September 9th, 2013 
Mary Hladio 
Lead don’t Boss your company
What sets apart managers from leaders? Is there a difference between them? We have looked at this subject before on the Ember Carriers blog. And we are visiting the topic again because I get this question a lot with my clients or in discussions with …
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389 Comments » August 26th, 2013 Mary Hladio 
Leadership Traits
In the book, Lessons From the Top: The Search for America’s Best Business Leaders, Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, made the following observation:
“I think it’s very difficult to lead today when people are not really truly participating in the decision. You won’t be able to …
Posted in Business Strategy, Ember Carriers, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Leadership Competency, Operational Excellence, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Succession Planning, Talent Development, Team Effectiveness Tags: 360-Degree Feedback, business, Chief executive officer, decision making, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Engagement, Insights Discovery, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organization, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent, Talent Development 28 Comments » July 29th, 2013 Mary Hladio 
Working effectively with all.
Diversity has a serious and direct impact on business results. Successful organizations are able to tap into the brainpower of talented and diverse workforces in order to serve a diversity of customers. Innovative thinking and problem solving is more likely to come from teams comprised of …
Posted in Business Strategy, Company Culture, Employee Engagement, Knowledge Worker, Leadership, Leadership Competency, Operational Excellence, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Talent Development, Team Effectiveness Tags: business, Chief executive officer, Competency, Diversity, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Leadership, Leadership Competency, Leadership Performance, Multiculturalism, Organization development, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent, Talent Development 124 Comments » July 8th, 2013 Mary Hladio 
Brainstorming is both art and science
Working with other consultants on the $100K Business Makeover means we do a lot brainstorming. And despite with many think there is right way of doing it.
The key to effective brainstorming: Not stepping on other people’s ideas.
Posted in Business Strategy, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Engagement, Goal Setting, Innovation, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness Tags: Brainstorming, business, Creativity, decision making, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Goal Setting, Innovation, Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Management, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organization development, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Small business, Vision 13 Comments » June 26th, 2013 jgrip When I dig into the most frequent failure of managers – the failure to give timely, effective feedback – I find both fear and frustration. Fear that giving feedback will make people angry or shut them down, that they will disengage with their manager. Frustration that conversations often turn to …
Posted in Business Strategy, Career Development, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management Skills, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: business, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Feedback, FUEL, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organizational Effectiveness 1 Comment » June 24th, 2013 Mary Hladio Long before people even imagined gizmos for their cars called GPS devices…there were navigators.
Octant or Hadley’s Quadrant (Photo credit: Al_HikesAZ)
The role of the navigator was to help a ship’s captain determine where he wanted to be and compare it to where the ship actually was. Only then did …
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