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Dr. Tom Frieden the Director of the CDC recently commented that the SARS epidemic cost the world’s economy over “40 billion dollars” as a result of the unnecessary restrictions on travel and trade during the crisis: a monumental impact for a disease that was concentrated in relatively few places and was largely resolved quickly. There…
Carolyn Carlson will be moderating a panel discussion at the 1st International Columbia Coaching Program Conference to be held in New York City on October 22nd -23rd. She will be joined by three panelist who will discuss the use of team coaching to drive teams to higher performance levels. Richard Stanger will be among the…
It’s lonely at the top, but it’s not boring. You get bombarded with information from all directions. Everybody is trying to influence you. As a strategic advisor, a big part of my job is to help CEOs get rid of the background noise, look at the critical issues in bright light and make actionable decisions.…
In our study of language, we learn about the different tenses such as present, past, future, subjunctive and conditional. The “negative pregnant” is not on this list. Yet, it is a frequently used tense that your people hate to hear. What is the negative pregnant and how can you avoid it? There are two forms…
Closing your leadership gap requires a strategy.
Now that I have your attention, please listen carefully. Engaging and motivating people is not a transaction. It is a life long mission. Just like romance, an obvious point for anyone who has made a long-term relationship work successfully. I’m reminded of an incident early in my career. I had the good fortune at age…
Boomers and Gen X’s think about Zen. Millennials don’t like Zen, far too passe’. They like Xhil (pronounced zil) a term so new that it’s not even in Wikipedia. Where does it come from, and what does it mean? Xhil comes from exhilarating, or perhaps exhilarated. When Millennials get engaged, they get that Xhil feeling.…
We are often asked to help leaders or teams think more strategically as they do their work. It’s not that they don’t do good work, it just lacks the cognitive structure of good strategic analysis that is more likely to lead to great work. We address these requests by co-creating workshops with the clients based…
Welcome to the StangerCarlson Talent Minute. I’m Carolyn Carlson. A few days ago I received an email from a former colleague of mine after listening to our last Talent Minute post –To be a Great Manager Develop your Coaching Success Competencies. I know that it was meant to be tongue and cheek however it was…