Is It Time To SWOT Yourself?

“I have career ambitions but I’m not sure how to achieve them? I’m feeling stuck, unsatisfied in my present job. And I want to get a better sense of where my next career move…

How To Make Mature Skunkworks More Effective & Relevant Today

Skunkworks 1 — advanced design and prototyping divisions of major companies — are not new. The first was founded by Lockheed Martin in 1943, the next major one was Boeing’s Phantom Works, established in the mid-1990s. NASA…

Are HR Trends New Or Simply “Redusted”?

Perhaps I am among contrarian thinkers who believe poor performers are a reflection of their management. An organization is certainly not a fit for all people. However, your selected employee successfully went through your hiring process. So what went wrong?

The One Ingredient Ensures You Will Survive a Crisis

Survival and predictability were the primary career standards in the obsolete workplace. In that setting, it wasn’t necessary to adopt a vision beyond getting a job that provided these basic requirements. This mindset continues to…

15 Statements Your Boss Does Not Want To Hear

“Think before you speak” is always a good policy, and in the workplace, that maxim should be further refined to “think before you blurt out something to your boss that could damage your career.” Being honest is usually the best policy, however not if…

The One Ingredient Ensures You Will Survive A Crisis

Survival and predictability were the primary career standards in the obsolete workplace. In that setting, it wasn’t necessary to adopt a vision beyond getting a job that provided these basic requirements. This mindset continues to…

Clearing Your Digital Advertising To Avoid Liability

Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent more than 90 letters to advertisers and influencers using Instagram reminding them of their obligations to disclose brand relationships in social media posts, in particular on…

How to Make The Leap From Student To Teacher

There is nothing greater than seeing leaders move from a learning mode to a teaching mode. True mastery of learning occurs when you start teaching and sharing your knowledge and value with others.

A Leaders Imprint: What Might We Learn If Our Staff Could Be Forthcoming?

Ever wonder what they really think? If you’ve never really given it a second thought, you are among the countless leaders who answer that question with some type of ‘no’. Truth be told, many leaders…

Mr. Spock — The Epitome Of A Great Second Banana

“I realize that command does have its fascination, even under circumstances such as these, but I neither enjoy the idea of command nor am I frightened of…

Being Present — Why It Matters To Your Leadership

“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment”

Clarity In Direction Creates A Spark

“Sometimes all one needs is a spark, someone who sees their full potential and believes in them that can turn that spark into a flame that spreads a light. Eileen Bild’s mentoring coaching is the spark that I needed at a time when I was stuck and not moving…

Overcoming Two Disempowering Words: ‘I Can’t’

Over the past 20 years working with individuals to help them unlock their fullest potential, I have found that there is an unconsciousness around the fact that everything is a choice. We are constantly making decisions throughout the day, yet many of…

How To Get Employees To Love Training

If your team groans when training day rolls around, you don’t have to despair. By shifting your perspective and opening some additional channels for learning, you can make work training a positive and engaging element of everyone’s job.