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Improve Meetings to Improve Business Performance

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Guest Blogger |
Management |
Thu, 03/27/2014 - 01:21

John Canfield

Why change meetings? I think changing meetings, so that they can be more collaborative, could be the most important thing an organization could do to improve its performance. If you have decided to move ahead, and develop your organization so it could be more collaborative, improve your meeting process.

I recommend you focus on the place and process where most business decision-making takes place - the standard daily decision-making meeting process. I would not address all types of meetings or all aspects of meetings. Just face-to-face decision making meetings. This can include creative thinking, generating ideas, brainstorming, analysis, goal setting, problem solving, and above all, decision making.

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Why Don’t We Forget How to Ride Bikes?

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Linda Henman |
Self Governance |
Thu, 03/27/2014 - 00:36

Probably everyone reading this article can ride a bike. In my neighborhood riding a bike was a rite of passage, a means of transportation, and a symbol of freedom. People from all walks of life and economic backgrounds know how to ride bikes. You might call it a universal success story of learning. And once you know how to ride a bike, you never forget.

What explains the success of this nearly universal skill acquisition? And what can these answers teach us about other kinds of learning?

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Leading through a Change of Seasons

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Guest Blogger |
Leadership - Management |
Wed, 03/26/2014 - 21:15

Jeremy Kingsley, President, OneLife Leadership

For many of us-especially those who had lost count of the polar vortexes by mid-January-winter can't end soon enough.

But the transition is rarely an orderly one. It often starts with a deceptively sunny day in February. Everybody breaks out their light jackets and starts talking about taking walks at lunch, and then a couple of days later comes a blast of freezing temperatures and new snow, which in turn gives way to chilly rain and slush. People trot out the old joke about "if you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes."

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Presentation and Media Training: What are you saying without realizing you’re saying it?

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Cynthia Kay |
Marketing |
Fri, 03/21/2014 - 02:33

There’s an old saying that perception is reality, and this could not be truer when it comes to media interviews. Over the past year we have seen Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries make headlines for comments that the public has deemed outrageous. Both Ford and Jeffries are a perfect example of the value of media training. Media training provides the opportunity to prepare for questions that will be asked in a formal interview and also to defend their company in a press conference.

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Female Friendly Marketing That Works: How to Lead Your Firm In Capturing More Women Consumers

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Guest Blogger |
Marketing |
Tue, 03/18/2014 - 19:45

Kathleen Burns Kingsbury

As CEO, you set the tone for the entire organization. With the increase in women’s economic power, it is vital that you don’t make the mistake of assuming all women consumers are the same or that all “female friendly” marketing involves is changing the color scheme on your product and website.