Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Oct 31 , 2018 - 09:00 am “Habits are not considered sexy,” write Andrew Sykes and Hanlie Van Wyk. “They’re not exciting when stacked against big corporate ideas […] But habits are the gene code of your company.” Sykes and Van Wyk express the tremendous importance of habits in [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Oct 17 , 2017 - 01:00 pm Companies that invest in their employees know personal development translates into organizational success. Not surprisingly, the list of corporate clients that have turned to longtime management consultant Dr. Kay Potetz for leadership training is vast. Think Cleveland Clinic, Marriott International, Marathon Petroleum [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Feb 24 , 2017 - 11:00 am The best business books address a compelling issue, and there’s a doozy of a problem making the rounds at corporations all over America: lots of talented people assumed to be “on their way up” aren’t paying attention to their growth or advancement. [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Dec 15 , 2016 - 12:00 pm Christopher Avery was known as “The Responsibility Process® guy” long before he wrote his long-awaited book titled The Responsibility Process: Unlocking Your Natural Ability to Live and Lead with Power. In the early 1990s, having earned his doctorate in organizational communication, Christopher’s [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Nov 03 , 2016 - 01:00 pm Before he wrote The Empathic Enterprise: Winning by Staying Human in a Digital Age, global business performance consultant Mark Brown was one of many independent advisers helping firms and individuals improve their business performance via leadership development and executive training. Mark wasn’t [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Feb 06 , 2014 - 11:00 am Lisa Bodell's book, Kill the Company: End the Status Quo, Start an Innovation Revolution, is more than just a provocative and exceptional business book. Lisa is CEO of futurethink, an organization that provides innovation research and training programs for businesses that seek [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Jan 23 , 2014 - 12:00 pm Mitch Lewis has a remarkable story, a story he has chosen to share through a book. Like so many others, Lewis felt as though he was “stuck” in his middle age. He evaluated his day-to-day life, from his position as an executive [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Jan 17 , 2014 - 01:00 pm How do you successfully operate a global business? For many, the answer to this question lies in strategy—often expressed in a phrase that sums up their fundamental business ideology, that strategy they seek to apply in every situation. For Luis Gallardo, at [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Dec 20 , 2013 - 02:00 pm What does it take to successfully be positioned as a “thought leader”? Business minds across every industry understand the authority that this elusive title can add to a name; thought leaders are in high demand for speaking engagements, workshops, appearances, etc. Yet [...]
Posted by Jerrold R. Jenkins on Sep 05 , 2013 - 02:00 pm Jeff “Odie” Espenship isn’t shy about acknowledging his failings. As a commercial pilot, airshow pilot and former fighter pilot, not to mention motivational speaker and author, you might not think Espenship is prone to failings. But there it is, in the first [...]