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 …
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Feedback is Useless: FEEDFORWARD for Productivity
June 26th, 2013 
jgrip 
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 »Navigating Your Future – Using a GPS
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 »Red Flags for Hiring and Promotion
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 »What do YOU stand for?
June 12th, 2013 nwitmer I could also ask, “What does peanut butter have to do with Mike Wallace?”
Huh?!?
Bear with me…
And how does that effect the price of tea in China
Mike Wallace, one of the most pugnacious journalists to walk the planet, left a legacy when he died. He fought for …
Posted in Business Strategy, Company Culture, Dreams and Passion, Ember Carriers, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Goal Setting, Leadership, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Succession Planning Tags: business, Chief executive officer, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Goal Setting, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Development 21 Comments »The Role of the Executive Coach
June 10th, 2013 Mary Hladio 
Executive Coaches are essential
Several aspects of organizational management are challenging to new company leaders. In recent years, companies throughout the world, particularly in the United States, have begun collaborating with executive coaches and building in-house coaching teams. Executive coaches specialize in smoothing the adjustment process after a promotion for …
Posted in Business Strategy, Career Development, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: business, Coaching, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Engagement, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organization development, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Development No Comments »Employee Engagement Matters
June 6th, 2013 Mary Hladio 
Employee Engagment Matters
Employee engagement is just one of several factors that managers, CEOs, and other business leaders must invest in to create an optimal workplace. Studies and statistics support the idea that employee engagement is critical to the productivity and success of any business. According to a study by …
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