Winning teams can be a powerful force to help organizations function at peak performance and have them be continuously exposed to new and innovative ideas. 
 
How to Build a Winning Business Team
Organizations which are able to tap into their innovative and intellectual
capital will have the best opportunity to meet the business challenges of
today and tomorrow and not be caught off guard.  Teams can be a great
tool for companies to utilize to bring out the best in their human capital and
to get the right things done fast.  Winning teams can be a powerful force to
help organizations function at peak performance and have them be
continuously exposed to new and innovative ideas.  The problem is that
most teams do not live up to their full potential.  Our article will provide
insights into ...

Do you see frightening signs that your customers view your business as a commodity? Here's how to go from commodity to hot property by working creatively with your management team and consultants. 
 
PALO ALTO, Calif.—April 29, 2010—WavePlay CEO Lyne Noella asks, “Do you see frightening signs that your customers view your business as a commodity? Do your customers:
•   Ask you to provide the same or more at a lower price?
•   Insist on getting low-cost competitors into the mix?
•   Show a lack of appreciation for your leadership and value?
If so, watch out--you are spinning, out of control, into the dreaded wasteland of commoditization.”
How to fight back? According to Noella, the strongest tool in your arsenal is creativity--the intellectual ...

Our economy is a mess, and we are in unchartered territory. Most everyone is feeling the pain, especially if they now find themselves unemployed or wonder if they are the next one to lose their job. Unfortunately, most people put more planning into their next vacation than they do their career or more realistically their “careers.” When the pink slip arrives they have no idea of what their next move will be. If you are wondering what to do next, now is the time to seriously take the necessary steps to plan your career.
This is a very important point. Today is important! Today really matters with regard to your next career. You must begin immediately, “today!” to develop and implement an action plan which will create your future. No one will do this for you. Creating your future is strictly up to you!
The first step is to take some reflective time and assume ...

People have been in a never ending battle of perfecting the right time management skills to achieve more in life. Various tips, tricks and methods have been introduced to society in hopes of being able to master time management. 
 
People have been in a never ending battle of perfecting the right time management skills   to achieve more in life. Various tips, tricks and methods have been introduced to society in hopes of being able to master time management. People have been attending time management seminars over and over just to be able to manage their time. But isn’t it funny how doing the simplest things can accomplish something great?
When it comes to time management techniques , one principle that works wonders is writing down important things in your head. You don’t have to remember everything but ...

Unemployment is growing at this time; however, there are many actions you can take to help you stay employed, enjoy your work and become a more valuable asset to your organization. You can accomplish this by learning to play off the best attributes you bring, or could learn to bring, to the job.
It's often difficult to recover from a career worst; but, it can be very energizing and a tremendous boost to your career, to play off the strength and self-assurance of your career best. You can increase the frequency of your career bests by understanding the factors and feelings you need to experience so you can continue to grow and perform at your best. Consider the where you are and how you can enhance your career by focusing on the following points.
1.To experience the best of your career life means “seizing opportunities” that best fit your strengths and talents as they ...

Ukrainian TOP Managers realized the value and usefulness of Salary Survey as a tool that allows you to stay informed of the latest trends in the Ukrainian labor market. 
 
The 17th Salary Survey (an annual project of "Ancor SW" Company) showed data from 62 companies,  17 industries, 22 367 employees, 366 positions.
This year, as the results of statistical research, we again observe an 8% increase in the number of the Ukrainian companies that provided information for the "Salary Survey 2010" (although high rate of 70% remains for foreign companies).  

"This trend reflects a balanced and reasonable willingness of the Ukrainian employers to fight for the retention of human resources capital while minimizing risks of "underpaid / overpaid". TOP managers and HR specialists ...

Succession planning is not just a nice thing to do, but rather it is a necessary process that should be in place to protect the overall health of the organization – big or small. Who is going to step into your shoes when you get promoted, have a major medical problem or leave the organization? What is your retention strategy for the individuals who are important to the success of your organization?
The proactive and well orchestrated succession planning process, ensures that vacancies – planned or unplanned – are filled by someone who is ready for the position. In team sports, second and third string players are in place to provide backup for the first string players. This practice of having “almost” ready top talent in backup positions serves as an excellent process to groom and develop the next generation of first string players. This same “talent ...

The development of an overall “strategy for success” can become one of the most potent weapons you can have in your career arsenal, as you attempt to become more successful than your competition. Having ideas, dreams, goals, and understanding concepts that can have an impact on your success are both good and important. Accomplishing a few goals and doing something new is great, but having a strategy - a plan with objectives - helps you get the biggest bang for your effort while keeping you on track. Developing a strategy is about determining your capabilities, documenting your basic life choices, and instituting a plan of how to achieve a higher level of success and purpose within a given time frame.
The strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats framework is perhaps one of the best known approaches to defining strategy within a business environment. This type of ...

Corporate turnaround is a complex set of actions meant to restore a company to profitability, following, in most cases, a period of underperformance. 
 
Corporate turnaround is a complex set of actions meant to restore a company to profitability, following, in most cases, a period of underperformance in sales revenue. This complex set of actions involves, quite often, business process reengineering strategies and tactics for most business processes, a comprehensive business transformation executed under the pressing schedule of immediate corporate recovery. Although the specifics of the company rescue plan are quite different from one company to another, due to the particulars of each business, there are four essential stages for a successful turnaround, regardless of industry, company size, or particulars.
Step 1: ...

One of the first victims of this past recession was consulting spending, but not for long. Getting rid of that high-paid management consultant seemed like the right thing to do in the face of significant cost reduction challenges. 
 
One of the first victims of this past recession was consulting spending, but not for long. Getting rid of that high-paid management consultant seemed like the right thing to do in the face of significant cost reduction challenges. Soon enough, companies realized that there was a true need for such services, fact proven by the undeterred growth of business and management consulting sales nation-wide. The expertise brought by business consultants in areas such as turnaround, start-up, business process improvement and optimization, and training, were demonstrating value despite the recession and ...

You may feel like you slog through the day. But in the end there remains a deep feeling of dissatisfaction with the activities you performed. 
 
This may be due to the lack of result, or the inappropriate nature of the same. Not only does this frustrate you, but for some it results in lack of motivation and productivity. All efforts seem to go in vain. However, there seems no concrete reason for that to be.
You may continue doing what you are doing, how you are doing it and remain dissatisfied and frustrated, or you may take matters into your own hands and do things differently. Sometimes, when we are taught to do something in a certain way, or we develop the habit of following a set path, we forget that there is a choice of doing it another way. It may not be a tried and tested one, but there is no harm in trying it out ...

4 Steps to Communicating your way to Success
You don’t have to be “nice” to progress your career but you do have to be able to communicate. If people know that you will listen to them and respond positively, they will return to you time and again for opinions and support. 
 
PCS Executive - Career Management and Outplacement Consultants
PR Log (Press Release) – Jan 29, 2010 – You don’t have to be “nice” to progress your career but you do have to be able to communicate. If people know that you will listen to them and respond positively, they will return to you time and again for opinions and support. By being direct and clear with your colleagues you demonstrate command and intelligence, which is in turn respected and relied upon.
You must be able to communicate effectively with everyone you come into contact with; your ...

Life Coaching Tips for the recently Promoted OR Hopefully Promoted
If you have recently been promoted in work or volunteerism, or looking forward to a promotion in your near future, there are a few things you need to be aware of. 
 
Passing the baton, learning the ropes
PR Log (Press Release) – Jan 19, 2010 – I am often am surrounded by very successful people who have either gleaned a promotion or found success, which is wonderful but not the end of the journey but the beginning.
When I coach someone, obviously in executive coaching but often in basic coaching, the emphasis for some people is on their career and we work hard to collaborate for them to gain success or a promotion.
That being said: here is a top ten list of things to remember when the goals are reached.
Don’t be pompous. You have success not drank from the well of eternal knowledge. ...

Goals are described as the future targets for any individual
By press   United States of America   
Goals are the future targets that any individual or organization aims to achieve. All of us shoot for some kind of goals, at various stages of our lives; sometimes it is to score well, to get promoted.
(Free-Press-Release.com) December 10, 2009 -- Goals are the future targets that any individual or organization aims to achieve. All of us shoot for some kind of goals, at various stages of our lives; sometimes it is to score well, to get promoted, to achieve more financial freedom and so on. Goal Setting is the process that one can use to increase their performance levels and keep themselves self-motivated.
Goal setting is a process that helps in clarifying the expectation levels that one wishes to achieve. Individuals set goals to better control their ...

“Eight Critical Leadership Questions”
 
At some time, everyone in an organization must take a leadership role if it is to become a world class, responsive and agile entity. In this light, how many of the following questions can you answer in the affirmative?
1. Am I the type of leader I admire in others?
2. Am I building a personal foundation of inspired leadership?
3. Am I aware of my personal leadership impact on others?
4. Am I clearly aligned with the direction and vision of the leadership of the company?
5. Do I clearly understand the company vision and take the responsibility to keep my understanding of the vision current as the conditions change?
6. Am I clear and open in my dialogue with others, setting aside any hidden agendas?
7. Do I take leadership risks, holding myself responsible and accountable toward meeting the customer’s needs?
8. Do ...

Five Benefits of Leadership Development Coaching
The Five Benefits of Leadership Development Coaching Are:
1. LESS EXPENSIVE
Developing, coaching and promoting internal people to a leadership position is significantly less expensive than:  Advertising, recruitment fees, time wading through resumes, relocation and interviews with unknowns, signing bonus and the training/break-in costs typically required bringing in someone new from the outside. Some studies indicate that 50% of the new hires at the executive level only last between 6 to 9 months. Just like good new customers are often expensive and hard to find, so too is good new leadership.
2. MORE COST EFFECTIVE
Studies show that replacing a management level employee by hiring from the outside can cost between two and four times the annual salary of the position being filled. According to some firms, this is a conservative ...

The Values of Widgetbox
Recently, the Widgetbox team went through a process that helped us define what we value and stand for as a company.  It was a pretty awesome experience – I highly recommend it!  Essentially, we all chose 5 or so people we would like to put on our personal "Values Board."  These people are the folks each of us turn to and are inspired by when we think about what we care about and how we want to conduct ourselves in the world.  Some of them are historical figures, some from our families, and some are business leaders, entertainers, authors and even fictional characters. 
I thought it would be fun to share our collective values board with all of you as well – check it out!  (You’ll have to ask Grant about Mike Tyson though – he can explain that a whole lot better than I can, but I promise ...

The Forces of Leadership
INTRODUCTION
          Thinking about leadership can be represented by two major orientations, one emphasizing the transactional nature of leadership and the other emphasizing the transformational (Burns, 1979).  To this point, these two orientations continue to receive considerable emphasis in the literature.  The reason for this emphasis was suggested by Peters and Waterman (1982) when they stated that "an effective leader must be the master of two ends of the spectrum:  ideas at the highest level of abstraction and actions at the most mundane level of detail" (p.287).
          This article, then, attempts to identify and describe some of the elements of "effectiveness" characteristic of these two orientations.  In the ...