July 17th, 2013 
Gary Rushin 
War Plane
In business as in war, a company can be small and win or can be large but lose. The rules of success or failure depends on key variables:
July 10th, 2013 Gary Rushin 
Is your Company in trouble?
Every business entity is different. Signs of financial distress of one company may not apply to another. Notwithstanding, common problems most companies experience tend to be warning signs, signals, of pending trouble regardless of type of business, industry, size, etc.
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Tags: business, Chief executive officer, Company, decision making, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Financial, Gary Rushin, launch business, Leadership Performance, Mission, Organizational Effectiveness, Small business, Vision, Working capital 
22 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 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 …
Posted in Business Strategy, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Operational Excellence, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Succession Planning Tags: business, Chief executive officer, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Mission, Organization development, Small business, Succession Planning, Vision 9 Comments » June 3rd, 2013 Mary Hladio Well as I type this post, Chapter 11 of my book is in the can. Time to set my sights on chapter 12. The last four chapter outline how following our FUEL Process to create your leadership development program gives you a competitive edge. So if you are not familiar …
Posted in Business Strategy, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Operational Excellence, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Succession Planning, Talent Development Tags: Apple, Brand, business, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Engagement, FUEL, Jeff Bezos, launch business, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, LucasFilm, Microsoft, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Phil Knight, Steve Job, Steve Wozniak, Talent Development, Tony Robbins, Vision 22 Comments » May 9th, 2013 Mary Hladio 
Companies, no matter how small or large, can take several steps to ensure that they have a more productive and collaborative workplace. One of the first things is to bring in the best talent you can, and to do that you should develop a strong brand. Social media is a …
Posted in Business Strategy, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Talent Development, Team Effectiveness Tags: Collaboration, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, FUEL, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Development 55 Comments »
