This edition’s video covers the strategic thinking culture of GAM Gear. While you have to marvel at what Craig Van den Avont and his team at GAM have accomplished in terms of staying ahead of the curve, doesn’t it make you think “Why don’t more people do it?” Read more

GETTING TO “YES” WITH YOUR LAWYERS: Read more

Following are selected leadership quotes for review/ thought/ comment. Read more

Managers and executives get “blind-sided” by pieces of factual information that cripple their effectiveness as a manager/ leader.  Read more

“96-97% of companies larger than $15 billion fail to grow at the rate of inflation. Big companies die because they use a decreasing proportion of talent of the enterprise to solve increasing complex problems” Joe Kalkman, Best Buy VP Leadership Development and Training.  Read more

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Managing mavericks: Thawing the Cold War Between Management and Field Sales Read more

In June of 2007, James Harter, Ph.D., Gallup Organization’s Chief Scientist, addressed Training Magazine’s Leadership Summit. Harter, co-author with Rodd Wagner of “12: The Elements of Great Managing” (Gallup Press, 2006), presented some survey statistics that reveal how effectively engaged executives have significantly better performing organizations.  Read more