by Gary Covert | Dec 11, 2017 | ALPHA Performance, Leadership
The news is full of reports that the US economy has reached full employment. And yet engagement, despite the hype around about increasingly complex technology solutions, remains stubbornly low. If “what get measured, gets managed” is true then why has this been such...
by Gary Covert | Oct 30, 2017 | Leadership
Whither the Y2K consultant? Remember 1999 and all the doomsday scenarios about what will happen with the change of the year? Perhaps they have all put out their shingles as experts on either “millennials” or social media sales. Both have similarly low barriers to...
by Gary Covert | Sep 25, 2017 | Leadership
There are many natural processes that can greatly impact leadership effectiveness. And yet too often leaders make things too complicated. They rely on complicated models or artificial constructs that make a book author feel good but are in reality hard to apply. How...
by Gary Covert | Jun 9, 2017 | ALPHA Performance, Leadership
When a new leader is struggling in a new role the cause is often diagnosed as a lack of leadership skills. This may be the case, but often the obvious and overlooked point is the impact of preference. In addition to lack of skills is there also a lack of a preference...
by Gary Covert | Feb 9, 2017 | ALPHA Performance, Leadership
Cubicle Mind is an unfortunate and, by my observation, widespread malady in corporate America. And even though I call it Cubicle Mind, the condition can be found in big fancy offices too. I have both seen it and experienced it. Before I talk about a cure, let’s talk...
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