When You Fall Flat on Your Face, What Do You Do?

This short, yet grainy, video may serve as inspiration for you this Monday morning as you watch what Heather Dorniden does as she competes in the Big 10 Indoor Track Championship Women’s 600 meter race.   What would you have done?  Would you have just given...

Setting Company Goals with Ease this Year

Last week we talked about Mary Anne’s questions that help individuals “dig deeper” this year when setting goals.  This week we want to share with you Theresa’s work with leadership teams as they go about setting goals for the Company in 2015.  You may be inspired to...

Tough Questions about your Vision

If you work with me (Mary Anne) I’m sure you can hear me asking…. “What’s the vision?” “Where are you really trying to go with this?”  “How is what you are doing or about to do going to get you there?” “What is the road map?” “What impact will...

Every Monday Should Start Off Like This

In the film, The Pursuit of Happyness, the character, Chris, played by Will Smith who lives in a homeless shelter with his son, gets an opportunity to be one of hundreds of interns for a Wall Street brokerage firm with the promise of “only a few will make it past the...

Develop Your People or ?

In a recent McKinsey & Company interview, Tom Peters worries about how businesses are missing the vital message about their growth and sustainability. With all of the attention over the last 30-40 years on automation and the desire to replace humans with machines,...