The accusations against Tom Brokaw remind me of the importance of neutral, unbiased, and thorough investigations when an issue arises in the workplace. I don’t know if Brokaw was guilty or not. What bothers me is that because so many years have passed there is no way of knowing what really happened – or the […]
So many people follow the same drill: grab a coffee, open your Outlook, and start attacking e-mails. But what if I shared with you a simpler and better way to use this powerful software for higher productivity and organization? Following this strategy will likely help you be less distracted, more focused, more productive, and less […]
What is Growth Marketing? Its a topic I’ve written about in the past, specifically around the keys to hiring the right talent. All of my working life is devoted to this topic, as a result I often forget how fresh and new growth marketing still is for many people out there! Recently, I was asked if […]
At medium- and large-sized companies there is frequently a group that HR and senior management refers to as “Hi-Po’s”, that is, High Potential employees. It is quite literally the top percent or two of any large organization who have been identified as those with the greatest potential to have an outsized impact at the company. […]
Let’s talk about e-mail communications and e-mail sanity (or lack thereof!) There are two primary ways e-mail can drive you insane: 1) You just get way too much of it, and you don’t have a good strategy for taking care of it. That has been a big part of my focus for the last several […]
The #MeToo movement has opened the eyes and pocketbooks of upper management throughout the country. Until recently there were many in management responsible for maintaining a safe and cordial workplace culture who failed to offer harassment prevention training. In some companies they just didn’t think about it. In other’s they had less than 50 employees […]
If criminals would put in the effort and skill they use to defraud insurers they would own a multi-million dollar business. Rather, they get short term profits and then find themselves is an 8 foot by 12 foot cell in a federal prison. In United States Of America v. Carlo Michell, No. 16-16208, United States […]
Corporate professional development is constantly evolving and changing, and it can be hard to keep up. Let’s look at a few of the latest trends in corporate development this year: Speed The desire for speed and having needs met on demand is usually attributed to millennials, but the truth is most of us expect a […]
I was at a meeting the other day where a group of people were concerned about noise, traffic, bicycle paths and walkways due to a new arena. As I listened I realized that the real concern was because there were changes that they would have to make and those changes – as they considered them – created […]
Ethics is a process of systematically applying, using, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. Ethical behavior is required of both parties to a contract of insurance for the system to work. Ethics is the essence of insurance. Ethical behavior is required of both parties to a contract of insurance for the system […]
