Does Gen Y Respond to a Teaching-Style of Management?
A recent post on the Harvard Business Review blog by Michael Fertik noted “The best managers of younger employees are people who would otherwise love teaching for a living.” Do you agree? We know that...
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Communicating Culture with Positive Reinforcement
XPLANE's Culture Map, Courtesy of Dave Gray A lot of big words for a simple theory. Or as Boyd so eloquently puts it in the recent Fast Company article, “People want to be inspired, not lectured. They...
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Intangible Rewards Motivate Better than Hard Cash
Photo by William Deresiewicz, NY Times Intangible rewards are often the best kind of reward. That’s where we left off on the last blog. Positive reinforcement is a way to remind employees of the type...
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Using Coaching to Motivate: Freddi Donner Interviews Anne Loehr
Freddi Donner is a seasoned executive coach who invited me discuss how coaching can impact motivation. She founded Business Stamina in 2004 after more than two decades as a corporate marketing...
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MBTI as a Management Tool Part 1: Form More Productive Teams
Need a powerful management tool to help you build high-performing teams? Try the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Leaders and managers can use MBTI to understand the behavior of their team members...
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MBTI as a Management Tool Part 3: Facing Resistance
I don’t want to take this assessment. It’ll just put me in a box and pigeonhole my creativity! While the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a powerful tool for leaders to increase Emotional...
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MBTI as a Management Tool Part 4: Four Practical Tips
In my fourth and final piece about the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), certified MBTI expert Freddi Donner of Business Stamina and I offer practical tips to implement MBTI for leaders, managers and...
View ArticleAn Excellent Business Plan Does Not Guarantee Success
Looking back, I am amazed at how many times I’ve jumped into a new business completely clueless. For me, this ended up being a good thing. Did I have an exit strategy? No way! Was I able to follow my...
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Every Entrepreneur Has A Unique Journey: We Mean Business Video Interview
It all started with a dollar a day. I am the youngest of eight children and when I was in the second grade, my mother began working full-time. There were four of us still living at home and someone...
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Five Business Culture Books To Add To Your Fall Reading List
Some people like to read. Some people like to read a lot. Then, there’s people like Doug Hensch who are not happy if they are aren’t consuming research-backed literature on well being, resilience,...
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