One of the first questions I get asked by entrepreneurs, CEOs, and executives interested in mentoring and coaching is, "what's the difference between them?" Coaching is a process in which a coach asks a series of cascading questions (sometimes referred to as Socratic Method), to help the...
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[read time: less than 1 minute] I received an email today from a CEO the other day asking me, "Do you have any good references / literature on 'how to make people care'? I'm having some employee challenges." I thought I would share my response with you: "Three ways: 1)...
Over the past year I'm consistently asked to answer the question, "what is your overall leadership development philosophy?" I thought it would be helpful to put pen to paper and blog my answer. Our experience over the past 10 years working with thousands of senior...
My friend Lewisa Anciano has worked with her business partner, Jacqui Noftall, to create one of the coolest new tools for growing companies that have small HR departments but not the systems required to handle their growing business: kickstarthr.com. Basically for a few hundred dollars...
I read this post from Jeff Booth a few months back and it's worth re-posting so here it is: Talking with Geoff Smart, Author of Who: The A Method for Hiring by JEFF BOOTH on OCTOBER 29, 2008 I recently read a book that is I think will go down as one...
I just got home from the Best Companies to Work for in BC awards dinner and I'm thrilled to see how many ViRTUS clients, CEOs I'm connected to through EO, and colleagues won tonight (highlighted below): Top Companies With More Than 100 Employees Next Level Games Inc. Cactus...