Future Teams are Contingent upon Current Educational Systems.

The future of our leadership and organizational teams depend upon the current focus on education and students. This video illustrates the number of students who will be in need of team membership, innovation, and leadership focus as they enter the workforce. Boredom is causing students to drop out of High School? Is this a people … Continued

Leaders Combine Challenge to achieve greatness

As leaders you are probably not free soloing or base jumping – and you are taking risks.

Thoughts and Questions to consider;

What challenges can be combined to form a greater result?
How much risk are you willing to take to be a legend?
Which risk factors can be adjusted to allow for success in your challenges?
In what ways might you manage / lead a team member like Dean Potter?

Boss Compensation and tournament theory

The theory I ascribe to (in an ideal system, which it not a true system) leadership compensation is based upon time frames. The higher your ranking in the organization the longer your time frames for goal completion are. Additionally the longer the time frame the greater your leverage has to be as a leader. This … Continued

Ropes Course Artwork

“The artist collaborative Type A has created the sculptural installation, Team Building (Align), which will consist of two 30-foot-wide metal rings suspended from telephone poles and trees, and oriented so that their two shadows will become one during the annual Summer Solstice. The designated time of alignment as well as the size of the rings … Continued

2010 ASQ Buffalo NY Lean 6 Sigma Conference *Mike is Presenting

I am so honored and proud to be presenting a 6 hour interactive process at the 2010 ASQ Buffalo Lean Six Sigma Conference. The presentation will take place on October 19th from 8:30am-4:00pm. IT IS GOING TO BE AWESOME! Developing / Leading / Being Part of Effective 6 Sigma Teams Who should attend and why? … Continued

I have the Best Leadership Blog in the World!

Maybe not number 1 the best – number 116 the best. I am pleased to see that this blog was chosen as one of the best management and leadership blogs in the world! "The ordered list was created using statistics from Google PageRank, Bing, Alexa, Technorati, Twitter Grader, PostRank and FeedBurner." Create-Learning Came in at … Continued

Little things that make a BIG difference as a Leader

Great information being shared by my friends at Great Leadership. Writing a 5 part series on small steps that leaders and managers can take that will yield big results. Part 1: Show up on time Part 2: Listen up! Part 3: A little dose of humility Part 4: 4 magic words Part 5: Praise   … Continued

Generational View of Publishing

Video on the future of publishing. It is an amazing piece.   Came across this video from http://www.willatworklearning.com/

Leadership Development & Training Programs

Leadership Development Process Within Create-Learning’s Leadership Programs, people learn the emotional, organizational, and professional skills to be the leader that people look to as the reason to remain with your organization. Create-Learning’s Leadership Programs are focused on your existing and future leaders to ensure the greatest return on investment. Time, length, and focus are customized … Continued

Create-Learning New LOGO

Laura and Matt at 12Grain Studio have been creating some amazing new branding and identity work for me over the past couple months. You will notice the new blog title image and above is the new logo…what are your thoughts? likes / dislikes? Soon a re-launch of the Create-Learning Website (I will keep you all … Continued