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If you are getting too many emails, it’s likely you are a manager. Depending on your corporate or company culture, it’s easy to get 100 or 200 emails a day – all expecting your precious attention.  There are less leaders than two years ago, so more people report to you or feel the need to [...]

That which is compensated, is motivated.  Nothing more, nothing less. Between my speaking and consulting, I have many opportunities to compare comp plans and the resulting corporate cultures they create.  If you want to have a strong customer service culture, for example, you’ll need to aim all compensation plans at achieving it.  If you want [...]

Every organization invests a huge amount of money to recruit new employees. What happens when an employee leaves the organization? The employee not only takes the skills and knowledge imparted during training but also leaves a void that needs to be filled once again. Faced with such a scenario, what is the best possible solution for HR managers? Training an internal candidate for the position or hiring an external candidate? Which option would be more viable for the organization?Often, it has been seen that the benefit of hiring an experienced external candidate are negated as the candidate needs time to adjust to the corporate culture and develop amicable relationships before actually delivering results…

By Robert E. Quinn A student wrote to me. He told of working for a large company that was committed to leadership development but not through investment in courses. Instead they invested in altering their culture and involving their managers in the process of deep change. The company, for example, launched a high-performance work system [...]

By Shawn E. Quinn Jim (the leader of a company) stood in front of a large number of franchisees for the company at the yearly conference attendees pay to participate in.  He had never spoken to this group before, and they all knew he had no experience in their industry. Even so, the company and [...]

All organisations are encountering change, at differing rates, both within and all around them, at the moment. These internal and never ending external changes, are affecting the way we do business now and the effects of the accelerating pace of change, will only increase, even more so in the future. The companies, which will flourish going forward, must embrace change and quickly introduce a culture of not only accepting the inevitable change, but finding ways to utilise change as an ally to accelerate growth within their organisation.

Texans Can! worked to  Create A Team Culture, learned how to communicate better, and shared some inner beliefs in Fort Worth, Texas.  Texans Can! is a unique approach to learning and teaching.  The kids you might call drop outs, and others call “push outs” from the regular public school system, seem to do better in this more personal, open environment…