Want to keep your people? Liberate them!

Want to keep your people? Liberate them!

People leave managers, not companies January 31, 2012 This is the result of a Wilson Learning research on staff retention, presented in an article on HC Online a couple of years ago. It holds true today since little has changed in most companies. As a consequence, the...
Top ten most hated jobs – not the ones you think

Top ten most hated jobs – not the ones you think

Nurses hate their job? Managers hate theirs more, and this is why. January 28, 2012 An article from FORBES caught our attention this weekend: a survey of hundreds of thousands of employees conducted in 2011 by CareerBliss determined The 10 Most Hated Jobs. Surprise,...
Have a cause –

Have a cause –

If you don’t give a damn about anything, no one will give a damn about you November 30, 2011 FORBES’ has a funny section which uses “visuals to tell stories, jokes, and truths.” Recently the section published an illustrated list of 10 stupid-simple...

Isaac’s article in “Leadership Excellence”

Leaders of the Free Culture by Isaac Getz AUGUST, 2011 Truman is said to have mused about Eisenhower taking over the president’s office, issuing orders only to discover that nothing gets done in the bureaucratic swamp. But this fine politician underestimated “Ike.”...
Warren Bennis on how leaders can be creative

Warren Bennis on how leaders can be creative

Watch Bennis commenting on how to make one’s organization dancing Warren Bennis October 27, 2010 Here is a famous quote by Bennis: “There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers...