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Why You Should Blow Off Your Next Meeting I know, it sounds crazy, but I’m serious.  If you’ve grown tired of attending too many unproductive meetings, then make a stand.  Blow off the next meeting and see what (if anything) happens.  Most likely, you’ll find that the world doesn’t end.  In fact, you’ll probably be able to get more work done during this reclaimed time than any other hour this whole week!  What you

Brazeway, Inc., a privately held company, is the world's largest producer of frost free evaporator coils and a leading global supplier of aluminum heat transfer tubing and components for Appliance, HVAC, and Automotive Air-conditioning. The Challenge Upon recognizing the need to make performance improvements, Brazeway’s senior leaders determined the need to leverage their employees’ strengths via business-focused work teams and a robust communication process.  They set sites on

Creating Your 2012 Scorecards by Seth Davies Run Time: Approx. 32 minutes  With the start of a New Year many leaders plan to make changes to affect performance results over the next 12 months. However, it can be challenging to know what to keep, what to change, and where to begin making those changes.What You’ll Learn in this Webinar: - Understanding the fundamental reasons scorecards are used - Defining and overcoming the challenges leaders

As we near the end of 2011 and 2012 begins, I reflect on what I heard from many people I connected with by speaking at conferences and visiting a wide range of organizations.  There was a common theme I heard…the need for better communication.  In many organizations email is the number one and preferred way to share information about the business.  HR

I recently visited a company whose senior leadership team was in great conflict with its board of directors. Once a month the board and the senior leadership team would meet for two days to talk about the business. Why every month and not once a quarter?Because the board did not trust the senior leadership team and the leadership team thought

PBL Providing Lasting Return at BP Cooper River Mark Fitts, Plant Manager at BP Cooper River, discusses the long-lasting benefits of using Process Based Leadership® to run efficient operations. The Challenge Following a major merger between Amoco and BP, the organization faced several daunting challenges with a mix of backgrounds and cultures coming from BP, Amoco, ARCO and Castrol.  They soon realized the need to transition from self-directed work

Front Line Leadership Do’s and Don’ts Is there any more demanding role in your organization than that of a Front Line Leader? After all, it’s a Front Line Leaders job to understand the strategies formulated by the Senior Leaders, then turn around and carry out the necessary tactics to make it all happen. Yes, the real battle is at the front lines, where operations are conducted in real time, where employees need to produce at

Leading Multi-Generational Teams by Seth Davies run time: approx. 31 minutesIf you have issues playing this webinar via YouTube please click here to try an alternative player.With this alternative player you may need to, download this GoToWebinar Codec.    . 

A Practical Approach to Leading a Multi-Generational Team Today, with the workforce being ever more diverse, leaders face the challenge of building and developing teams made up of members from four distinct and unique generations. Being a relatively new challenge unlike any leaders had faced in the past, it is best to first understand the different characteristics of each generation before adjusting your leadership approach.Questions to consider regarding employees from various generations: What motivates them

Leadership GPS - Goals. People. Systems. by Seth Davies run time: approx. 32 minutesLeadership GPS - Goals. People. Systems. from Competitive Solutions Inc. on Vimeo.If you have issues playing this webinar via Vimeo please click here to try an alternative player.