Over the life of a business, only 39 percent become profitable, according to a data published by the National Federation of Independent Businesses. And, according to new research from the Cincinnati marketing and business development experts at The Eisen Agency the top two reasons are: too much time spent on …
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Six Cincinnati Businesses Team Up to Offer 2013 $100,000 Business Makeover
February 4th, 2013 
Mary Hladio Engaging employees in turbulent times
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.
Sharing stories of engagement
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 »Managing Unwelcome Change
January 21st, 2013 Mary Hladio During these trying economic times, strive to maintain a healthy attitude and know that things will improve. We are resilient by nature!
Managing the stressful times
It is in times of great stress, experts say, minding your health is perhaps more critical than ever. Eating right and getting exercise may …
How fast would you go? Business Performance vs Speed of Business
January 14th, 2013 Mary Hladio Assume someone lined your company up against ten other competitors and told you that if you could beat them in a race you would receive compensation equal to doubling even triple your annual revenues. How fast could you go?
How fast can you go?
Posted in Business Strategy, Ember Carriers, Goal Setting, Innovation, Leadership, Operational Excellence, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Team Effectiveness Tags: business, Chief executive officer, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Engagement, FUEL, Goal Setting, Innovation, launch business, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organization development, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Performance, Vision 39 Comments »Business Success Can Breed Failure
January 7th, 2013 Mary Hladio 
Death of a business
During a conversation with a strategic business colleague, Gary Rushin regarding success and business the conversation drifted to his recent blog post. With his permission I have reposted his post for the Ember Carrier tribe. We have all heard about the stories of companies that once …
Posted in Business Strategy, Ember Carriers, FUEL, Innovation, Operational Excellence, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness Tags: business, Business failure, Business Performance, Business Strategy, Chief executive officer, Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Financial, FUEL, Innovation, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Mission, Organizational culture, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Vision 75 Comments »Impacting Organizational Change
December 3rd, 2012 Mary Hladio I recently read a story about social change:
This is an excerpt from the book by Ken Keyes, Jr. “The Hundredth Monkey.”
Making a paradigm shift
The Japanese monkey, Macaca Fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years. And in 1952, on the …
Posted in Company Culture, Ember Carriers, Employee Engagement, FUEL, Innovation, Operational Excellence, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness Tags: Company Culture, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Engagement, FUEL, Organizational culture, Organizational Effectiveness, Tipping Point, Vision 23 Comments »
