June 19, 2018
“Technique and technology are important, but adding trust is the issue of the decade.” – Tom Peters While businesses fight to win on strategy, product, innovation, and route to market, the biggest intangible asset of all languishes in the corner, condemned as soft, fluffy and irrelevant. That...
Read More...May 16, 2018
‘There’s a lot of difference between listening and hearing.” G.K. Chesterton Many of us think we listen without really having to try. And perhaps we do. Very often though we are merely hearing, in other words picking up sound through our ears. Listening is a different activity...
Read More...April 10, 2018
The art of getting people ‘together’ in a digital world. “Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.” – Booker T. Washington What’s your company’s “culture”? You know it when you see it, feel it, work in it....
Read More...March 16, 2018
How Purpose Powers Profit – Everywhere Jay Mahaney was the cutest little dude. He was one and a half and I was a much more worldly 8-year-old. I loved being with him until he hit the dreaded two’s. Then he started asking, “Why?” We’d answer him. He’d ask “why?” again. And again –...
Read More...February 16, 2018
Engaged people are the difference that makes the difference. Everything is cyclical. When it is an employer’s market, layoffs occur, the perks tighten, and advertising and marketing dollars dry up, just to name a few. If the layoff happens in the paper – or on the news – it’s a recession. If...
Read More...January 09, 2018
The start of a new year traditionally is an overindulged time for planning, goals and resolutions. Gyms will be packed. Our lives will get a bit more stressful, whether you’re dealing with the challenging winter weather up north or the droves of snowbirds and vacationers heading south. It’s...
Read More...December 06, 2017
Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, “What you are thunders so loudly, I cannot hear a word you say to the contrary.” When people think of you or me, what are the thoughts or feelings about the ‘thunder’ they experience? Thanksgiving just passed. We are in the throes of all the commercialism...
Read More...November 28, 2017
Keeping Your Best Talent In Our Competitive Marketplace When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school they asked me what I want to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘Happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment…,...
Read More...October 18, 2017
“Organisational alignment is the degree to which key elements of an enterprise are tightly integrated and working in concert with each other to drive customer delight, growth and profit.” George Labovitz, PhD, Author of The Power of Alignment Aligned and integrated companies...
Read More...Thank you, Linda, once again for your consulting support, you have certainly helped me maneuver through this difficult team situation. I appreciate your sincerity, candid feedback, and guidance. I have partnered with other great leadership companies in the past to help me deal with challenging situations and without a doubt, you are amazing!
Carlos Covarrubias Vice President, Business Technology Connection Enterprise Solutions
Today’s seminar on Emotional Intelligence was outstanding! Everyone was very engaged and we all learned from the topics discussed during your presentation. Attendees provided rave reviews on the feedback forms. Linda, I look forward to future seminars and to continue to drive employee engagement at Connection.
Grisell Martinez, PHR, SHRM-CP Director – Human Resources Connection Enterprise Solutions
