Multitasking Virtual Workers?
Is your vision of virtual workers one of partial attention to work tasks while making an Italian meal, coaching little league soccer, or updating Facebook pages? If so, you probably…
Growing Money Trees of Creativity and Innovation
The secret sauce of business success is the ability to grow your own money tree through creativity and innovation. This requires cultivating the creative abilities of teams and individuals even…
Innovation: Total Team Brain Power
Customized creativity and innovation training for teams To ensure a brilliant future, engage the brains of every team member “The need for innovation focuses a team on the critical work of…
Innovation: Only ONE Idea?
More Resources Leaders often wonder why their company is so slow to innovate new products and services or why they can’t solve nagging daily problems more quickly. The answer could…
WPI announces complimentary Webinar on Innovation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Call Susan Hawkins, PowerPR, 770-923-0883 Develop creative employees and innovative teams for more profitable revenue streams Atlanta, GA (March 26, 2013) Workplace Power Institute (WPI), Atlanta’s premier leadership development…
Karla Brandau Outlines Leadership Fundamentals
For Immediate Release, Contact Susan Hawkins, Power PR, 770-923-0883 Atlanta, GA (January 30, 2013) Karla Brandau stood with two piggy banks, one in each hand. She likened creating a financial bank…
Innovation for the Competitive Advantage
Creative Thinking and Innovation If you are on this page, then you are interested in a more profitable future that comes from developing creative people in your organization, making your…
Concentration In Open Office Spaces – Does it Exist?
On Wednesday, April 18, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an article titled, Warming Up to the Officeless Office. The article makes a decisive case from a bottom line profits viewpoint for eliminating personal workspace in favor of open space (basically tables and chairs) where employees work while at the office.
The Charismatic Leader and Employee Autonomy
In my new book, The Gift: Discretionary Effort, I describe five management levers the charismatic leader can use to motivate employees. These five levers effectively replace the stick and carrot…
March Madness and Management Choices
My husband stood at my office doorway with a childish, almost sheepish but pleading look. It was 8:00 PM at night. “If we left now, we could be in Louisville…