Posts de Emergenetics International
Insights on meetings – Productive or not? Analysis of a TED talk.
I just watched this video from TEDx by Jason Fried, co-founder of 37signals, a web productivity company, and author of several books on productivity, creativity and work: His thoughts on the matter…meetings and managers are the root of productivity loss in today’s workplace. It’s a pretty compelling message—that managers (all of us have them, many…
Lire la suiteDefining Leadership: Is There an Ideal Leadership Profile?
This is a question we get at Emergenetics International all the time…What is the best personality for a leader? How can I find the ideal leader for my organization? Are all leaders visionaries? Should they be? We’re here to tell you that, of course, there are no easy answers…leadership is a unique idea because it…
Lire la suiteEffective Leadership Skills: Learn to Delegate the Right Way
The Harvard Business Review is doing an interesting series on how to delegate work—including selecting the right projects to delegate, finding the right people to delegate to, communicating what and how you want to delegate, and ensuring that you keep the right tasks for yourself. This component of effective leadership can’t be overstated, because no…
Lire la suiteCreating an Effective and Productive Workplace for Every Employee
I am currently attending the American Marketing Association’s Virtual Seminar and in the midst of blogging, Tweeting, Facebooking, Emailing and had two co-workers come into my office to ask me a question. And…guess what…I’m loving it! What does this tell you, as clearly I’m imagining that not everyone is looking at multitasking in this same…
Lire la suiteThe Power of Left Brain Right Brain Marketing
When you think of Apple what are the words that first come to your head? Creative…innovative…beautiful…artful…sleek? What generates that kind of response? Think about the ads you see for Apple products of all kinds…it’s a clear message—a right brained creative company designed to appeal on emotion and the “cool factor”. This kind of strategy can…
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How many people remember the « Trust Fall » exercise? Whether at camp…at a teambuilding session…at a company retreat. It’s a tried-and-true idea that hits at some of our primal fears (abandonment, anxiety, loss of control), not to mention the entirely real possibility of falling on one’s head. Of course, this never (or rarely) happens, because your…
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