ChangeThis RSS
"With the downturn in the economy, the elimination of jobs, and the increased desire for work-life balance, people are looking for more
stability, greater fulfillment, and increased satisfaction from work. Unfortunately, most people are still operating with an old set of career rules that no longer apply to today's employment reality.
Now is the time to take control of your career destiny so you can enjoy greater work-life balance, security fulfillment and satisfaction.
The secret lies in understanding the new employment reality and rewriting the
rules of what a career can be."
Continue reading
"The vultures are circling. 'Strategy, as we knew it, is dead,' proclaims Walt Shill, head of Accenture's North American consulting practice. A January 25 Wall Street Journal article quotes him explaining, 'Corporate clients decided that increased flexibility and accelerated decision-making are much more important than simply predicting the future.' A recent white paper from the Boston Consulting Group hung similar crepe. In its research on global powerhouses the firm found some saying they don't 'do strategy' any more.So... Is it time to consign all your three-ring binders of strategic plans to a funeral pyre, maybe heaping the corporate planner onto the blaze for good measure? Well, yes—and no."
Continue reading
"Enterprise* (*at its best):An emotional, vital, innovative, joyful, creative, entrepreneurial endeavor that maximizes individuals' growth and elicits maximum concerted human potential in the wholehearted service of others.On the one hand, this definition is pretty high-stepping. Idealistic beyond the realm of common sense. But examine it ... one word at a time."
Continue reading
"What's differentiates the great ones? What makes some people superstars, while most of their peers hover near the mediocre middle?
It's not too hard to pinpoint the difference between average performers and poor ones. Easy to spot skills like work habits, product knowledge, communication style and use of sales tools, are all indicators of general competence.
The challenge for most organizations is not determining the difference between good and bad; it's discerning the difference between good and great.
Why are some sales people superstars, while other people in the same situation, selling the same stuff to the same customers experience a much lower rate of success?"
Continue reading
"In the real world, you cant have over a dozen employees spread out across eight different cities over two continents. In the real world, you cant attract millions of customers without any salespeople or advertising. In the real world, you cant reveal your formula for success to the rest of the world. But weve done all those things and prospered. The real world isn't a place, its an excuse. Its a justification for not trying. It has nothing to do with you."
Continue reading
