On July 16, 1999, John F Kennedy, Jr. piloted a Piper Saratoga II HP carrying his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette. The three were on their way to a wedding in Martha’s Vineyard. Tragically, they never made it to the wedding. On July 19, the fragments of Kennedy’s plane were found by the NOAA …
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Think about the last time you took on a new goal or were faced with a new challenge. Did you start out believing you would succeed, or expecting to fail? Did you believe you could overcome the obstacles or did you start out expecting to succumb to the trials? Odds are that the times you …
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If you want to proactively create a culture within your organization, this may be the most important thing you read today. I recently read a Harvard Business Review article entitled “Culture is not the culprit.” It caused me to really challenge my thinking on the subject. Richard Clark, CEO of Merck, once said, “The …
Thinking back to my early sales career, I clearly remember the day I was promoted to sales manager. Though young, I had been very effective in my territory. I remember thinking how lucky my team was and that they’d be so glad to have the opportunity to learn all of my tips and tricks. …
In 2012, Google set out to identify why some of their internal teams flourished and others struggled. The project, code-named Project Aristotle, studied hundreds of internal teams and a summary of the results was published by The New York Times. They wrote: What interested the researchers most, however, was that teams that did well …
One of the more popular questions I’m asked is “How can I equip my team for change?” People typically don’t like change – especially when it’s forced on them. In fact, we tend to like only the changes we initiate. When change is forced upon us, we feel out of control or that we’re …
By Diamond Richardson Building an effective team is hard work. First, you have to select the right people to be on the team. This involves finding high-performing, engaged employees with the right skills to do the job. Once you have completed this difficult task, you have to handle the even more difficult task of establishing …
Author: Steve Deighton Take a moment and imagine a thousand years from now, presuming humans are still around (and I’m not entirely sold on that being the case). A future archeologist is at a dig site which is your present day work space. What will they find that would be significant? Will they be able …
