By Justin Foster, Fast Company, July 2015
Young leaders (35 and under) possess self-confidence, drive, and creative thinking. Yet they often struggle with how to present themselves as leaders when working with leaders from older generations. Regardless of age, it’s important to cultivate what I call your Leadership Brand. It is a blend of self-worth, talent, value, and perception that is unique to each person, regardless of role or title.Read More
Interview with Andy Johnson, wsRadio, July 2015
On this edition of The Doug Noll Show, we have with us Andy Johnson. Andy Johnson is an executive coach and team health specialist with Price Associates. He specializes in working with yin leaders and with teams in preventing, resolving conflict and moving toward health. Read More
By Steve Morris, Fast Company, June 2015
We once worked with Jack, a new leader who was having trouble getting his small team of programmers to deliver computer code on time and at the quality he expected.
Each Monday he assigned work verbally during brief phone meetings with his remotely located engineers. During one meeting he said: “We’ll need the code for the first page of the basket project by Friday.” Read More
By Ron Price, Strategy Magazine, May 2015
When it comes to leadership development, organizations are operating in a completely different arena than they were even five years ago. Developing leaders into today’s business climate has a unique set of challenges. The leadership drought—with Boomers turning 65 at a rate of 10,000 per day and a sheer lack of bodies at the next level to replace them—combined with the leadership gap—Gen Xers and Millennials without the necessary experience to lead—have created a substantial deficiency for both the quantity and quality of leadership.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
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
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
Featuring Justin Foster, Brand Driven Digital, March 2015
“Bacon is a great metaphor for the perpetually interesting brand.” Taking a cue from comedian Jim Gaffigan (Bippity-boppity-BACON!), strategist and speaker Justin Foster has found that, while it may seem silly, bacon is an amazing metaphor for how we build and grow unique and engaging brands. We couldn’t wait to chat about bacon brands on this week’s On Brand podcast.Read More