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How to Turn Threats Into Opportunities
Learn how one team turned an IT outage into an amazing growth opportunity. Most teams are quick to accept threats for what they are, in this case the team turned the threat on its head and created an amazing opportunity. Learn how your organization can reframe threats as opportunities from this story.
Behold the Turtle
Turtles while know for being sure and steady make progress when they stick their necks out.
What Background Apps Are Draining You?
Two simple life hacks to reduce personal stress. CONTROL, ATL, DELETE and shutting down the background apps that are draining energy.
Taking Executive Coaching Outside Frees Your Thinking
Executive coaching should model the changes expected of the coachee. By shifting to an unconventional venue, the coachee can feel liberated and begin to make the changes required to improve performance.
MKBHD Warned Me About Covid 19 at CES 2020
A greeting by a tech influencer warned me about the real threat of the Covid 19 virus back on January 7, 2020.
Work From Home Strategies for Employers- WBTV On Your Side
Making work from home work for your organization.
Lessons from An Early Tech Adopter: Why Everyone Will be Driving an EV Soon
I am an early adopter of technology. However, I wanted longer that I usually do to embrace electric vehicle technology. In hindsight, I question what took me so long.
3 Affordable Ways Your Company Can Add Value to Your Next Team Building Event
There is a big difference between team building and team bonding. Adam Cannavo highlights the difference and provides some advice for planning your next offsite.
Fun With Failure Podcast: Brian Formato Teaches Leadership through Surfing
Brian Formato shares one of the best failure stories ever. Heās the founder and principal at Groove Management, a human capital consulting firm focusing on organizational and talent development. He also created LeaderSurf, a professional development program that teaches leadership through surfing.
Hey CEO, What is Keeping You Up At Night? And a more important question
As a senior executive are you carrying too much of the burden for your organization on your shoulders?
MEETING REQUEST: LET ME WASTE ONE MORE HOUR OF YOUR DAY
Meetings are the death of work productivity. According to various sources there are 25 million meetings per day in the United States. That amounts to $37 billion in annual productivity lost as a result of meetings. Just yesterday I heard another example of a senior team in a large publicly traded company holding a three-hour meeting to plan for a full day meeting. The tyranny must end.
The Iceberg Theory and the Gems We Can Learn
In business we often talk about the iceberg theory and the fact that more lies beneath the surface, but to witness it firsthand and to take away new learnings in Iceland was even more impressive.
The Accordion Effect: How Organizational Structure Ebbs and Flows
Organization design is dictated by market conditions and expands and contracts much like an accordion based on the financial landscape.
Green Syn-Energy
Green Syn-energy is a unique approach to solar farm grounds maintenance employed by O2/EMC and Sun Raised Farms. Sheep are raised on the solar farm and they maintain the grounds.
UX Lessons From The Buffet Line
Design choices are made daily and many of them lead to poor efficiency and waste. While redesigning websites I learned an important lesson about UX.
A Corporate Retreat Like No Other
More companies need to take the time to get leadership teams out of the office. A corporate retreat is an excellent opportunity for a team to bond and to learn together. Groove Management's sister company LeaderSurf recently launched customized corporate retreats leveraging the success of the LeaderSurf leadership development program.
Building The Personal Resilience Required To Navigate Change
Excerpt of keynote address to the SCTE on disruption, innovation, change and resilience.
Take-Aways: Learning Capture Activity
Capture participant learnings with this simple workshop ending activity.
Who Topgrades The Head of Human Resources?
If HR is responsible for managing under-performers in the organization, what happens when the head of HR is the under-performer?
Tough Times Are The Most Important Time To Invest In The Team
Tough times are actually the most important times to invest in team building, but few leadership teams understand that.