Sara November 22, 2011 Human Resource Management, Leadership, Management

Is it possible that your smartest people may be impeding the smarts of your organization?

Are you waiting too long to remove the blockers? I can’t even begin to tell you how personal this statement is for me. As a young agency owner I inherited the staff my ...

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Sara November 17, 2011 Leadership, Management, Professional Development

“Nothing grows under the banyan tree.”

It provides shade and is comfortable, but it allows no sun in for growth. Many leaders are banyan trees, they protect their people, but nothing grows under them. As I ponder this ...

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Sara November 16, 2011 Leadership, Management, Professional Development

Talent Magnets are people who attract the best talent, utilize it to its fullest, and ready it for the next stage.

Not only do they deliver results, but create a place for young people to grow, and accelerate other’s careers. “Multipliers” by Liz Wizeman …are you ...

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Sara November 15, 2011 Management, Organizational, Professional Development, Synerdynamics

“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.” Woodrow Wilson

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Sara November 9, 2011 Human Resource Management, Management, Operations, Sales & Sales Management

53% of surveyed workers say they express anger at work. Only 19% express joy – why?

Hum, that’s an interesting set of stats.  The “anger” piece probably doesn’t surprise anyone.  I bet in the last 3 seconds you even visualized the last ...

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Sara November 8, 2011 Management, Operations

Don’t wait for “someone” to fix things in your organization – create the change yourself.

The dreaded “someone” or infamous “they”.  Who are they anyway and where are “they” when you need them?  The first couple of years I was back ...

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Sara October 25, 2011 Leadership, Management, Organizational, Professional Development

Empowering is about instilling and encouraging power in those around you.

Empowerment defined – scary stuff, especially for a reformed control freak like me!  Most agencies I work with, including my own, were at some point in time was a ...

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Sara October 20, 2011 Management, Marketing, Professional Development, Sales & Sales Management

Who’s “value” are you delivering?

Our industry statistics tell us that the majority of an agency’s clients are within 20 years, 10 either way, of the agency principal’s age.  Because of that majority ...

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Sara October 19, 2011 Leadership, Management, Organizational, Professional Development, Synerdynamics

Alexander the Great led the battle by charging in front of his troops, not leading from behind.

  Sounds like suicide, but in fact “you can’t lead where you don’t go”, as my Mom says.  Never true words were spoken related to what real leadership has ...

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Sara October 18, 2011 Leadership, Management, Operations, Organizational, Professional Development

The biggest failing of an average organization is usually its inability to execute.

  Ready, aim….ready….ready, aim….aim….aim…aim.  Talk about frustrating for everyone involved!  The organization who sees the target, loads the gun but never pulls ...

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