Dear Colleague, Paul McCartney,  Sheryl Sandberg,  Jeff Bezos, and many others in multiple industries are considered top performers.  Top performers produce.  They add value.  They have staying power and they are all talented. But is talent alone enough?  Skills, capabilities, and a stellar brain; that should do it, shouldn’t it?  But we know better.  Everyone […]

Dear Colleague, Definition of Company Culture: The combination of values, beliefs, behaviors, personality, and informal rules that guides the company in its day-to-day interactions. Culture is the differentiator and the greatest predictor of continued company success.  It starts at the bottom and it starts at the top.  Everyone owns it.  It’s the air we breathe.  […]

Dear Colleague, Points of View That Required a Resilient Response “Everything that can be invented has been invented.” Charles Duell, U.S. Commission of Patents, 1899 “Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote.” President Grover Cleveland, 1905 “Guitar music is on the way out.” Decca Records after turning down a group called the Beatles, […]

Dear Colleague, The greatest challenge of every business boils down to one thing – attracting the best people available, and then engaging, developing, and retaining them. Through them, services and products are improved, sales goals are achieved, and customers are well served. Creating these companies full of rising stars is one of the most difficult […]