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3 Critical Keys to Leadership

Jack & Suzy Welch offered an interesting perspective on Barack Obama's successful campaign to win the presidency, illustrating the 3 successful leadership principles used during the campaign. Those three factors (BusinessWeek, Nov. 17, 2008): Start with a clear, consistent vision. To galvanize...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 11-11-2008
Reasons People Choose to Work For Your Company--and Stay!

While paying highly competitive salaries may seem like a way to prevent high turnover of a workforce, many other factors are involved to create employee loyalty. And with the 5-year retention rate of employees down to 52.8% (from 55.4% in 2007), here are a few other factors to review that help other...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 11-01-2008
Managing Your People During a Tough Economy

Economic downturns offer at least one bright spot--savvy leaders can find much less expensive talent to add to their organizations, espcially as other organizations layoff people or as smart workers look elsewhere for more promosing opportunities. to prevent losing your own talented individuals, some...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-30-2008
Are You an Agent of Change?

"True change agents have a track record of seeing around corners, and their visions of the future will not let them rest." This statement from Jack and Suzy Welch (BusinessWeek, Oct. 20, 2008) illustrates a major factor that makes change agents so much different from their peers. They believe...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-22-2008
Managing in Tough Times

One side of leadership that has its own importance is how you manage during the bad times. Everyone can smile when things are going well, but the true mark of your leadership is how you respond during times of crises. Jack and Suzy Welch offer 4 points for leading during tough times (BusinessWeek, Oct...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 10-08-2008
Promote Young Talent Early and Quickly

"Promoting young insiders not only keeps your best people from leaving but also has a way of turning your company into a talent magnet." These words from Jack and Suzy Welsh ( BusinessWeek June 16, 2008) support their contention that in today's high-demand workplace, because talented people...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 09-23-2008
No Urgency, No Change!

Most attempts at organizational change fail, according to John P. Kotter, author of A Sense of Urgency, because the agents of change did not generate high enough levels of urgency within leaders, managers and employees ( BusinessWeek , Sept. 15, 2008). Furthermore, the process itself did not generate...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 09-09-2008
Count Results, not Hours

Approximately 55% of white collar workers take cell phone calls or emails after office hours all or some of the time, according to a BusinessWeek poll (Sug. 25, 2008). As technology continues to expand the ease for 24-hour availability, managers and leaders must rethink the old adage: Time + Physical...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 08-27-2008
Some Thoughts on Empowerment

One of the reasons I enjoy reading BusinessWeek magazine is the last page column by Jack and Suzy Welch, where I usually find an interesting perspective to consider in how I approach my leadership and management duties. Their thoughts recently on worker empowerment (August 25, 2008) are offered here...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 08-21-2008
Managing Differently for Gen X and Gen Y

Here are some interesting traits to consider as you manage your GenX and Gen Y employees (BusinessWeek, Sept. 1, 2008): Technology: Gen X: Keep it up-to-date and motivating; music at work, Blackberrys, IM and fast computers Gen Y: Encourage suggestions and don;t fear change; more comfortable with technology...

Posted to Bill Lisowski's Blog (Weblog) by Bill Lisowski on 08-18-2008

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