Puppy Love
Hiring and retaining employees is expensive. So often, companies drop the ball once that new hire is made. Even large organizations with thousands of employees lack systems to appropriate integrate a new employee into their organization. Shocking, I know! With proper on-boarding, you can turn a new employee into a productive contributor […]
Keeping it all in Balance
With Nike stock closing at a record high earlier this year and projected revenue of $19 billion in 2010, Nike has flourished under the leadership of Mark Parker, a shoe designer turned CEO.\n\nIn his quest to mix the strength of both his right-brain and left-brain he recently made an entry in a sketchbook he carries […]
Road Trip to Sanity
Any business owner knows that vacations quickly become illusive. Time off? What’s that? There is always more to do to serve their customers and grow their businesses. Suddenly I found myself in the same boat as many of the clients I had counseled about work/life balance.\n\nI left a corporate job with a generous vacation package […]
ABC’s of Leadership
There is much written about leadership, and I am often asked what characteristics I think make a strong leader. So here are J9’s ABC’s of Leadership:\n\n \n \n \n Authentic – genuine, real, true to self \n Being – leadership is a way of being \n Caring – show concern and compassion for others \n […]
Are you asking the right questions?
It’s been said that training isn’t telling. Well either is coaching. People often expect that a coach will tell them what to do – fix their problem. In reality, coaching is about asking questions and probing to get at the unspoken thoughts and feelings that often prevent people from addressing the toughest […]
Imagine
It was an evening of fellowship, food and fun. An essential element in the team development model we use with many of our clients is celebration. So taking our own advice, Linda Krall and I hosted a reunion event for participants of our creativity workshops to celebrate their collective genius and wild thinking. We wanted […]
Brain Power
What do you get when you bring the world’s top business thinkers and neuroscientists working together? An exciting new field of study called NeuroLeadership, a term coined by David Rock in 2006. This week I attended an event for Women in Organizational Development where, Jennifer McCusker presented on this topic. Like myself, my peers […]
The Leadership Academy is Raising Up Future Leaders
J9 Leading Solutions has once again been invited to facilitate sessions for The Leadership Academy conducted at Chapman University. The Academy is a unique and exciting way for high school students to learn, grow, and hone their leadership skills. Kim Hayashi is the visionary behind this program. She believes in engaging and empowering students to […]
Flex Your Muscle
In a recent keynote speech I asked a room full of over 100 people, how many of you worked out today? How many hands do you think went up? One! Only one person made it to the gym. Similarly, very few people actively exercise the right side of their brain. People get stuck in their […]
Forget about Time: Learn to Manage Disruptions
It’s Friday afternoon, on the 4th of July holiday weekend. I am running out of time to “ship” my blog. I am not answering the phone, watering the flowers or packing my bags for our weekend get away until it is done. Period. I have committed to at least one blog a week, I am […]