Training Blog

2013-12-19

Few have the courage to communicate a message succinctly Today I was coaching someone who wanted to improve his communication style. He wanted to communicate...

2013-09-12

I have recently begun coaching a manager who has taken on a job which increased her responsibility and challenges. As she rushed from one meeting to the...

2013-06-15

Coercive leadership has a negative impact on culture. Coercive leadership tends to be command and control. It’s my way or the highway. Perhaps that style...

2013-03-24

I just spent the last several months completing the online course The Leader as CREATIVE culture architect and builder with Dr. Jerry Newman. This course...

2013-03-08

Written by Jerry Newman – jerry.newman@creativeNPD.com Jerry is a creative R&D business leader, innovator, entrepreneur and author. He has developed over...

2013-01-27

I was doing some preparation to teach my Project Management class at the SMU Guildhall School of Video Game Production. Mondays session focuses on planning...

2013-01-23

Habit 2 in Steven Covey’s book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is Begin with the End in Mind. Leaders must set clear direction for their organizations...

2013-01-09

Are you a gamer? I was first exposed to my first computer sometime around 1976. One of my friends, Michael Stanfill’s father worked for IBM and brought...

2013-01-09

Alan Ellman sent me an email about my blog post Double Your Money Every 2-3 Years. He offered some very good suggestions to build upon these ideas. It...

2012-11-19

In the last behavioral interviewing blog post, I described how interviewers could use behavioral interviewing in order to make quality hiring decisions...