by Julie Poland | Jul 5, 2016 | Process and Quality
Few businesses we know have only short lists of projects, improvemements, or investments they would like to make. More often the list is long and diverse, and the list becomes stuck in internal debate and circular conversations. If your improvement ideas are...
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...
by Julie Poland | Apr 8, 2016 | Life as a Leader
Ok, it’s Friday – let’s have a little bit of fun. Might you be a bad boss? Our thanks to Jeff Foxworthy and his most famous jokes for the inspiration: If your expectations change with the shifts of the breeze…you might be a bad boss If you...
by Julie Poland | Feb 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Nearly all leaders understand that their job is to generate productivity and performance to achieve results. Fewer realize that they can’t motivate performance – they can only create the environment in which it is most likely to happen. There are...
by Julie Poland | Jan 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Beth is done. She is planning to file a complaint against her boss with the EEOC because of his pattern of treatment. Beth is not the only employee that this boss has who has similar complaints – she is the one who is choosing to take action....
