by Julie Poland | Aug 27, 2018 | Life as a Leader, values, Vision and Strategy
Your company’s culture supports (or interferes with) the achievement of your strategic goals. Sometimes leaders are keenly aware that their culture is “broken.” They see the symptoms – reduced productivity, high turnover, or the dread even the...
by Julie Poland | May 24, 2016 | Credibility, Life as a Leader
Let’s not do lunch. Let’s not do coffee, or happy hour, or dinner either. Let’s not even say any of those things unless there’s a date and time and location set, or at the very least an agreement about when and how the date and time and...
by Julie Poland | May 18, 2016 | Growth and Change, Influence, Life as a Leader
Are you a Pollyanna? She’s the character from the best-selling 1913 novel (of the same name) who tried to find something to be glad about in any and every situation. In the story, Pollyanna’s “glad game” helped her to cope with difficult life...
by Julie Poland | May 10, 2016 | Growth and Change, Life as a Leader
Stephen Covey said “Begin with the end in mind.” Strategic planning begins with vision, an expression of exactly what it is you are trying to build. You know intrinsically that you need to know what you want in order to make decisions about the allocation...
by Julie Poland | Apr 27, 2016 | Process and Quality
Startup business owners are consumed with the tasks of selecting a name, logo, business cards, and website. “It’s all about the branding,” they say. Well, yes and no. Yes, it is all about the branding, but the marketing materials aren’t the...
