Time is currency, especially for leaders. This constant transaction creates heightened pressure to perform. Leaders find themselves with more responsibility and less time, and once you’ve maxed out productivity, systems can start to break down. Something has got to give, and usually the first things to go are those activities that relate to personal health.Read More
By Ron Price, Training Magazine, May 2015
Talent science has been around for nearly 10 decades: Starting in the 1920s, psychologists studied talent and began developing models of behavior and motivation. These assessments include tests you’ve probably heard of—Myers Briggs Type Indicator and DISC (behavioral styles based on dominance, influence, steadiness, and compliance), as well as assessments for personal interests, attitudes, and values (currently referred to as workplace motivators).Read More
By Mindy Bortness, Women on Business, April 2015
Brands targeting the teen market have a business model to produce and price goods inexpensively, anticipating the mentality of “disposability” that exists within their target audience. Sadly, many businesses work from that same mentality in their approach in hiring employees. And, unlike a pair of shorts from Forever 21, replacing employees is very costly.Read More
By Dr. Ranjit Nair Ph.D., Strategy for Life Magazine, April 2015
Twenty years ago, I used to listen to a San Francisco-based radio show every Friday at 4:59 p.m., right at the onset of happy hour and the beginning of the weekend. The show was a minute-long run down of the day’s headline news and ended with the announcer, Scoop Nisker, proclaiming, “If you don’t like the news you just heard, then go out and make some of your own!” Read More
The Complete Leader faculty member Shawn Kent Hayashi talks about the need for leaders to develop futuristic thinking skills. Read More
By Whit Mitchell, All Business Experts, April 2015
Have you ever been on a high-performing team? I mean truly high performing, where the synchronicity of all members is so fine-tuned that it feels effortless the harder you push?
For those of you who have had the pleasure of watching a 2000-meter crew race, you have seen “symphony in motion.” The bodies moving in perfect harmony, the shell slicing through the water with precision.Read More
In this 30-minutes podcast, Ron Price interviews consulting Psychologist and Peak Performance Coach Dr. Carol Gaffney on increasing your level of awareness and effectiveness by being more “mindful” in your personal and professional life.Read More
Continuous learning is the desire to continually improve your skillset by gathering new knowledge. Read More
Tomorrow’s leaders will use planning and organization to cast a broad net around what might happen, and to create a plan that is robust enough to respond to the unknown. Read More
By Ron Price, all Business, March 2015
The business community will see a significant change in the leadership landscape over the next five years — and it’s a shift that has already started. Each day, 10,000 baby boomers reach retirement age. These are the leaders who are currently leading major companies and holding senior leadership positions at almost every level, and they’re exiting the workforce at an alarming rate.Read More