"Corporations have the potential to discover a deeper business purpose - maximizing profits and maximizing shareholder value, while necessary, is not a particularly inspiring goal." - John Mackey, CEO, Whole Foods The Need For A Comprehensive Model of Employee Engagement There are myriad examples today of organizations that have transformed their workplace culture. There are [...]
Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other. -J. F. Kennedy Organizations Transform When Individuals Transform We support leaders in the growth process of becoming transformational leaders. What are transformational leaders? Let's start with what they are not. Transactional leaders support change by doing things differently. Organizations have experienced so much change that employees are [...]
"Leverage the wisdom of your best to transform the rest faster and more predictably than you ever thought possible." - Bill Seidman, Chief Executive Officer, Cerebyte Would You Believe That All Your Employees Could Be Performing Like Your Best In Just Six Weeks? We didn't think it was possible either, until we found this tool. [...]
We are going to see companies increasingly assume that what they stand for in an enduring sense is more important than what they sell. -Jim Collins "Best Companies to Work For" Know the Real Value of Building Corporate Culture It's no accident that the companies that consistently show up on the "Best Companies to Work [...]
Enlightened leaders are learning that employee fulfillment, environmental stewardship and social responsibility will be the keys to increased productivity and creativity in the future. –Richard Barrett Cultural Transformation Tools are a suite of tools designed by Richard Barrett of Richard Barrett & Associates, LLC. The Tools support the transformation of corporations, non-profits, NGO's, government institutions, [...]
Survival is no longer an issue of superior power or force, but an issue of superior creativity. The biggest challenge facing organizations is how to build a culture that encourages the highest levels of employee creativity and productivity. -Richard Barrett Culture Shaping - Unleash the Potential Every leader has the prerogative of shaping organizational culture. [...]
Bob Chapman, Chairman and CEO of Barry-Wehmiller said in a talk on “People-Centric Leadership” at Washington University OLIN school of business: “…Nobody can be managed. Nobody wants to be managed, but we have you take management classes, give you management degrees, give you management titles, and therefore you think you are supposed to manage…” We [...]
It’s that time of year… the time to do performance evaluations. Many managers and associates look forward to these conversations like going to the dentist! Managers aren't sure what to say, and often fall into the trap of commenting on either the stellar accomplishments, outright disasters or make comments like “you’re doing fine”. Associates aren't sure what to say [...]
I have had the pleasure of working with a large global client for the past year in developing their performance coaching culture. A common question that arises is the question of when to coach or when to use a more directive leadership style. This is a guest blog I wrote in response to that question. [...]
Most business leaders are ignorant when it comes to coaching. If you went around and asked a dozen leaders in your organization about the uses of coaching in the workplace you would get a dozen different answers. Terms that would come up would include: executive coaching, team coaching, high-potential coaching, career coaching, and coaching to [...]
