By design, leadership roles are high-leveraged opportunities to unlock the greatness of every member of your workforce. This blog describes how you can make the most of these powerful opportunities by managing your leadership limitations. While frequently valued and respected for what they know, great corporate leaders are constantly inquiring about what they don’t know […]
Organizational effectiveness can be summed up as an ongoing system in which all projects, processes, and resources earn more than they cost, enable winning strategies and, as importantly, nothing else is done – zero errors of omission and commission. Leading management research shows that under the right conditions, errors of omission and commission melt away […]
Microsoft offers to ways to access Excel. With standalone software (the most updated is Microsoft Office 2019) or with their subscription service (Microsoft Office 365). What that means is that Excel 2019 is a lifetime purchase for one license (or however many are purchased at once). The software can only be used on one device, […]
Well it’s almost over, the 2018 election. Still having a few counts here and there with a runoff election still to come. But all in all, the 2018 election has come and gone. The only thing that remains, as it does after every election cycle here in the United States, is the discussion of making […]
Have you sat down and added up your CPE hours for 2018 yet? If not, now’s the time because there are only a few days left. It’s easy to get to the end of the year and realize you’re a few hours short. Maybe the event you signed up for turned out to be 6 […]
The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners have once again warned payroll professionals of an uptick in phishing emails targeting them that involve payroll direct deposit and wire transfer scams. These business email compromise/business email spoofing (BEC/BES) tactics generally target all types of industry and employers. The IRS and the Summit partners, consisting […]
Companies are increasing the amount they spend on learning and development (L&D) every year, which makes sense. Human capital is, after all, a company’s biggest asset. Ensuring that your employees are happy, effective, and efficient should be the goal of every company. That’s why, as we move into 2019, we must reflect on what worked in 2018, […]
There is little stress on projects or ventures during periods of low inflation and low interest rates. This condition can help hide flaws and weaknesses in a project or venture. As rates rise, which is an indication of impending higher inflation, the viability of leveraged ventures will be tested. Coming off of a period of […]
We’ve been reading a lot about the aerospace industry lately – strong demand for product from airlines, defense, technology. Difficulty hiring enough qualified workers to fill the orders. What a former boss of mine would have called a high class problem. But there’s another side to this story that applies to the many small businesses […]
Never thought we’d get here. Illumeo recenty posted its 1,000th course – and then we just kept on going. It has been about 4 years’ time, and our more than 200 instructors have built well over 1,000 courses. Some courses have a limited life as they are periodic updates or their technical elements are supplanted […]
