I had to pleasure of serving as the opening speaker for the Allstate Minority and Women Emerging Entrepreneurs Program Center for Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership School of Management University at Buffalo, NY. The facilitated speech and opening session lasted one and a half hours, focused on creating accountability and connection between the new program attendees … Continued
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
“If they don’t like the way things are (i.e. policy, regulations, supervisors) no one is forcing them to stay hear.” I cringe because this is not reality. There is choice and there is CHOICE. Choice is things that have minimum impact on your life and other commitments – call these secondary choices; what shirt to … Continued
A younger Mike working as an educator (geeking it out while tying knots). I came across this photo while cleaning out my desk.
What value are you giving to your organization? We spend time thinking “What are they doing for me?” This thought creates resentment and a victim mentality within yourself. By acting like a victim you start to keep score, a typical response of a team member who keeps score is “I always have to load the … Continued
Your corporate team building program was not a success? Here are four possible reasons why. 1) Lack of understanding why they are there. If the participants are not made aware of the reason for the team building program there can be some serious hostility. Some coordinators like to “keep the people in the dark” and … Continued
“The ruler is powerful because he is at the head of a complex set of relationships. By Contrast, personal strength, morality, and abilities are qualities that belong only to the individual. They are ineffective unless conjoined with the larger pattern of influence.” This line from Sun Tzu, “The Art of War, A new translation” resonated … Continued