Tag Archives: Leadership

Hobby Lobby Hysteria

Posted on July 3, 2014 by asechmentor@gmail.com

As Cheri Oteri used to say on Saturday Night Live, ‘simmer down’. To my way of thinking, the Hobby Lobby decision isn’t bad for women. And it’s not bad for business, although I don’t think that anyone on the left … Continue reading →

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Three Tips for Pain Free Performance Reviews

Posted on January 3, 2014 by asechmentor@gmail.com

Before the holidays, just in time for performance review time in the US, eblin group published a guide to doing these things right.  Since you’re all doing them now (we hope), here are some tips. 1. Be Specific. What did … Continue reading →

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When Boredom Gets The Best of You

Posted on December 11, 2013 by asechmentor@gmail.com

Boredom as a CEO hits us all. Continue reading →

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Sometimes, Just Throw a Chair

Posted on April 6, 2013 by asechmentor@gmail.com

We advocate situational leadership Continue reading →

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How to ensure success when transfroming your sales team

Posted on February 20, 2013 by don.gray@salesengineeringgroup.com

This is an excellent article that defines how to ensure that you transform your sales team into the selling approach you want. Transformation must be lead from the top. It must be practiced from the top. And it must be … Continue reading →

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How Job Burnout is the New Smoking

Posted on February 16, 2013 by asechmentor@gmail.com

This is an interesting post, from Ben Fanning in smartblogs.com. Both for the actual article and for the fact that job burnout affects a lot of entrepreneurs. We see it a lot in Solutions Forum, in fact. I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Management Excellence by Art Petty

Posted on February 9, 2013 by asechmentor@gmail.com

Actually, this post by Art Petty is more about leadership excellence: the link alludes to leadership caffeine, which is more to the point. His central point is that intensity can’t be too high or low. It seems Art is saying … Continue reading →

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8 Opportunities to Lead in 2013

Posted on January 5, 2013 by asechmentor@gmail.com

Brian Evje, writing for inc.com had an interesting post on leadership situations for 2013, but they struck us as about the same ones that one would have in prior years: customer service, personal and personnel leadership, ethical and moral leadership. … Continue reading →

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Are You Involved at Every Decision At Your Company?

Posted on October 2, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

There’s a fine line between being involved and being passive in decision making at your company Continue reading →

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Comeback Trail in Business, Like Sports, Features Six Steps

Posted on September 7, 2012 by asechmentor@gmail.com

turning around your business requires lots of steps Continue reading →

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