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CEOs: If you don't ask, you'll never know
At the heart of a good conversation is listening and the art of asking a good, powerful question. It’s one of the critical skills of a great leader. If you are not able to explore in your question asking – it will be very hard to uncover what really motivates and drives your people and with that add significant value.
Key to Becoming a Top CEO? Train Like a Top Athlete.
CEOs and Business owners are a breed of their own. They are the elite athletes of the business world.
Being busy... from excuse to opportunity
I like seeing “being busy” as an opportunity, an opportunity to create a real connection.
Effective Meetings
In my career I have been in hundreds and hundreds of meetings, most of them much longer than needed and horribly inefficient.
Pareto's Law ... Change ahead!
Most of you have heard of Pareto’s law in which he states that 80% of results come from 20% of the effort and time.
Annual Performance Review and Goal Setting
There is something very inefficient in the annual performance review process if you ask me.
Leadership and Celebrating Successes
"Celebrating an employee’s achievements will make her feel valued and will increase her level of satisfaction, and will raise productivity."
Niels facilitated a half-day retreat with a large, diverse group of individuals with no particular agenda - usually a recipe for disaster. Niels was great at guiding the group through the day, keeping us engaged and ultimately delivering results. Couldn't have done without him!Gerard -- Dean School of management