Are You an “Accelerator” or a “Terminator”?

Are you an Accelerator or a Terminator?
Last year, while leading a strategic visioning and team development retreat, the Division VP, assigned primary follow-up accountability to the Director of HR, Alisa, whom he dubbed the “accelerator.” What the Division VP wished of Alisa was that she would move the team through its agreed-to action plan, that [...]

Did You Ever Wonder How Southwest Airlines “Did It”?

I’ve been hearing about Southwest Airlines and their venerated employee culture since I began in business school over three decades ago. Then we joked about the “love” theme. Considering that SWA closed 2008 with the second-best on-time performance of the nation’s commercial air carriers and that SWA carries more domestic passengers than any other U.S. [...]

Happy From The Inside-Out

This post regards consultant and author, Stever Robbins, (www.steverrobbins.com) who first caught my eye with his e-book on leadership, A Lot More Than Attitude (grab it from http://www.alotmorethanattitude.com because it won’t be there much longer.)
In his most recent newsletter, How to Stay Up When the Economy is Down: 5 Tips to Get You Started, [...]