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?
Now assume that same person told you that the distance was exactly 1000 miles and you …
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No Comments » 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 dominated industry but later fell into business decline. There are …
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 No Comments » October 29th, 2012 Mary Hladio Are you doing the work of an entire team because you have a hard time delegating? Most leaders in small businesses find delegating takes a lot of effort, even painful. Effort that is worth expending because everyone’s success, the executive, team, and organization’s, depends on it. What can make the effort successful?
Learn the art of delegation
Here’s a scenario: …
Posted in Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Leadership Competency, Organizational Development, Performance Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: business, Company Culture, Competency, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Engagement, FUEL, Leadership, Leadership Competency, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Productivity, Small business, Talent, Talent Development No Comments » October 22nd, 2012 Mary Hladio A man lay on his bed at the end of his life waiting to die. His dream came to pay his last respects and bid farewell to the man who had never used it.
Don’t let your dreams die!
As it entered the room the man looked down in shame.
“Why did you not realise me?” the dream asked.
“Because …
October 15th, 2012 jgrip Ever change lanes only to find another car right there? Blind-spot mirrors are helpful, if we pay attention. I look in the mirror every day when combing my hair. But it wasn’t until about six months ago, when my granddaughter took a picture of me from behind, that I realized I was developing a real bald spot. Although an …
Posted in Ember Carriers, Employee Development, Management Skills, Metrics, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance Effectiveness, Talent Development Tags: 360° Feedback, 360° Survey, business, Chief executive officer, Ember Carriers, EmberCarriers, Employee Engagement, Engagement, Feedback, Leadership, Leadership Development, Leadership Performance, Metrics, Organizational Development, Organizational Effectiveness, Performance, Small business, Survey, Talent, Talent Development No Comments » September 17th, 2012 nwitmer 
Dispelling Engagement Myths
Over the years, conversations with scores of HR and operating executives have convinced us that employee engagement is a huge driver of value, and worth of measuring. But there are myths to dispel—
Myth 1: Engagement metrics aren’t linked to financial/operational value
Despite the fact that 96% of Fortune 500 companies conduct employee surveys and 99% of …
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