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For more than 30 years, Kris Girrell has excelled as an organizational consultant, executive leadership coach, keynote speaker, and more. He is founder of Innerworks Consulting, a Massachusetts-based consulting agency with clients in the pharmaceutical, financial, manufacturing, construction, and other sectors. Kris is the author of books that include A Guide to the Periodic Table…
Are you ready to lead your company into one of the most productive and positive periods it has ever experienced? We know all too well that most of what we have been reading lately has been all about doom and gloom, and that considering the negatives is completely realistic and rational today. Who among us,…
By Evan Hackel Are you suffering from a lack of marketing data? I didn’t think you were. If you’re like most marketers today, you have way too much data, not way too little. You’re inundated with data from focus groups, customer surveys, online product reviews, analyses of prior marketing campaigns, and lots of other sources. If you’re wading through reams of data, you already know that you are facing two basic…
Many companies do not consider training when they are making long-range strategic plans. Some do include training in their planning, but don’t inform their training departments until afterwards. What a mistake. Training is critical when launching new initiatives. That is another way of saying, it is essential for growth and progress. When training has become…
Have you or colleagues at work ever made a statement like this? “It’s total chaos around here today” It’s something we have all said at work at one point or another, usually when we can’t keep up with our workload. But we also know that when chaos reigns (and even when people in a company…
Do great athletic coaches and great trainers use the same strategies to get people to grow, exceed their own expectations, and succeed? We think they do. And a recent article that was published by Competitive Advantage supports that opinion. The article, “What Makes a Good Coach?”, outlines some winning traits of top athletic coaches. We…
When I was starting out in my career, I was comfortable with the idea that I would get promoted after “learning the ropes,” making mistakes, and moving upward gradually. Most often, I would get feedback about my performance only when I went into a job review session with my boss. In those sessions, I would…
You already know that your workforce is changing due to the arrival of large numbers of younger employees. You’re acutely aware of that. But are these two important and transformational trends on your radar. They should be. Trend One: Remote Employees, Including International Workers, Will Become a Larger Part of Your Workforce Unless you have…
As we put up this post today, Evan Hackel is skiing in Canada. We have taken the liberty of publishing this excerpt from his book Ingaging Leadership. It has to do with skiing, but so much more I love to ski. I actually love skiing through groves of trees. The trick to successfully skiing in…
Do you like to give job reviews to the people you supervise? From their side of the equation, do the employees you supervise like them? And an even bigger question. Do the reviews that you give result in better motivation or performance? The problem is that after reviews, employees usually come away feeling that they…
