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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9 Comments » June 19th, 2013 nwitmer 
Hire slow – fire fast
I assume you’ve been there…sitting at your desk, looking at your notes from an interview with a candidate. You feel the pressure to say “yes”. You hate to waste precious time interviewing more candidates or asking the recruiter to go back to the well. But …
Posted in Business Strategy, Company Culture, Employee Engagement, Knowledge Worker, Metrics, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: business, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employment, Engagement, Human resources, Interview, Organization development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent, Talent Development 2 Comments » June 17th, 2013 Mary Hladio 
Hello I AM The Boss
When I facilitate my “Leaders vs Manager” workshop for clients, the most important quality of great leaders people will mention, the one quality for which many want to be known, is extraordinary performance, with the goal of achieving extraordinary results. These results then serve …
Posted in Business Strategy, Career Development, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Leadership Competency, Management Skills, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: Chief executive officer, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Engagement, FUEL, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness 17 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 6th, 2013 Mary Hladio 
Organizational Development is really the last thing company leadership thinks about when it comes to moving their business forward. And really, they don’t even know what it is.
A majority believe it is simply creating a vision and mission statement. But then they ask, “What is the right way to …
Posted in Ember Carriers, Employee Engagement, Leadership Competency, Operational Excellence, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness Tags: Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Satisfaction, Engagement, FUEL, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Mission statement, Organization development, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Development, Time management 13 Comments » January 28th, 2013 Mary Hladio I stopped watching the broadcast news on a regular basis several years ago. But you don’t have to be a news junkie to feel the anxiousness of people. Between the results of the 2012 election, economy and the fiscal cliff people are worked up.
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Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Operational Excellence, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness Tags: business, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Employee Morale, Employee Satisfaction, Employment, Engagement, FUEL, Mission, Organizational culture, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Vision 27 Comments »
