This 2-hour cost effective Consensus Building Workshop results in greater team synergy and increased decision quality. Consensus Training has been a pivotal first step in getting teams working more effectively together and group problem solving has shown to increase team decision quality for many of her clients. It is also...
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Consensus is not agreement, in fact agreement is futile…….
Many times teams try to reach a decision by getting everyone to agree. Striving for agreement is not only futile, it is not healthy for an organization or team.
When you have a group of smart, opinionated, passionate individuals, you will never have...
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Jess Roper McLamb, People Biz, Inc. client and President/Founder of Roper Bookkeeping, was honored recently as one of the Top 300 Small Businesses of the South.
This past spring, Business Leader Magazine asked companies and individuals across the South to nominate the best small businesses in their region. At a ceremony held...
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Save the date! On January 13th at 2 CST, Alicia Marie will be interviewed on Deb Scott's radio show, "The Best People We Know."
Alicia Marie will discuss different ways to take "mental" advantage of the new year, how and why everyone should set measurable goals, how to get a fresh start in 2011, and...
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Letting go of the cheese
I am asked, “Can companies keep the annual review while
they move to a coaching process and culture?” For those
of you who have read “Who Moved my Cheese?” you can’t
get your new cheese until you let go of your old cheese,...
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The annual performance review has become a dinosaur because it has failed to change and evolve much in the last 50 years, while everything around it in business has.
50 years ago we had secretarial pools, carbon paper and mimeograph machines for making copies. Everything was sent “snail mail” and the...
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Ask An Expert - Join Alicia Marie as she interviews Executive Coach, Deborah Huyer Aug 25th at 4pm CST
" Death of a dinosaur: The end of the annual performance review- and the birth of Organizational Coaching-
The business world is growing and changing at ever quickening speeds, yet there...
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A two day course -
In today’s society, the successful speakers and presenters have to present in an informative, educating and engaging manner. You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. Never has this been as true as with a presentation. Presentation Skills training is a two day...
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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this...
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To err is human--but for leaders, mistakes can be excruciating. CEOs have big footprints, so their missteps often hurt many beside themselves: employees, stockholders, society at large. And leaders sometimes buy into the widespread assumption that people in authority have better instincts and make smarter decisions than everybody else. Get...
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