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Monthly Archive for December, 2009

New Year, New Decade, New Conventions

Posted in Business Strategies, Competencies on Dec 31st, 2009

I am reminded of a young Winston Churchill who participated in a cavalry charge at Omdurman in 1898. By 1914, he was Lord of the Admiralty, presiding a highly mechanized war fleet in World War I. Just two decades later, Churchill led a country in a World War that concluded with an atomic bomb.

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A Few Favorite Questions

Posted in Competencies, Employee Engagement, Uncategorized on Dec 19th, 2009

When dogs bite and bees sting, we bring to mind our favorite things, but when things get stuck, or stale, what we need are a few good questions to evoke the spirit of engagement.
Over the years of working with people, I have found a few questions to be nearly fool proof.  While the goal is [...]

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