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.
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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 …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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