Change is Great…. if Leaders GO First!

As leaders, we hold the key to successful change in the palm of our hand… especially if we happen to be holding a mirror. LEADING CHANGE: Over 150 years apart, two stories remind us of leadership’s unique role in making changes. CHANGE 2013 Center for Disease Control (CDC) article noted in the United States,

80/20 Rule of the Vital Few

Imagine your overall effectiveness if you reduced your tasks to 20% of your normal work load. Choose the right 20%, your productivity and effectiveness could actually increase! Vilfredo Pareto, 1843-1923 It’s called the 80/20 Rule. In 1906, Italian economist and sociologist, composed mathematical formula describing Switzerland’s dis-proportioned income distribution. Pareto observed 20 of the population …

Appreciation

  “The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” – William James People need to feel appreciation. Especially now, when all of us are “doing more [and even more] with less;” the yearning to feel appreciated is intense in every workplace. Pre-recession research from the U.S. Department of Labor revealed that …