Leadership

15 Mar, 2011

How Public Sector Unions Could Work & Why They Won’t

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:00+00:00March 15th, 2011|Corporate Culture, Government & Politics, Leadership, Results|

Public employee unions could significantly increase their chances for voter support by taking the lead – or at least working together with their opponents – on the following actions: 1. Take strikes, work stoppages, and slowdowns off the table. The public has a right to expect that its public agencies continue to function even if there is a disagreement over terms of the contract. In return for this, public employee unions should receive the right for expedited arbitration over violations of the contract.

8 Mar, 2011

Why Public Sector Unions Could Become Extinct

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:00+00:00March 8th, 2011|Corporate Culture, Government & Politics, Leadership|

The standoff between Republican elected officials and their Democratic colleagues over the roll and scope of collective bargaining with public sector unions has escalated to the point where rhetoric has overtaken reason. So let’s look at what this means and why public sector unions could become extinct.

31 Jan, 2011

Leading in the Face of Crisis

By Randy Pennington|2014-11-02T18:53:09+00:00January 31st, 2011|Business Growth, Business Strategy, Communication, Execution, Leadership, Leading & Managing Change|

Every crisis presents us with an opportunity to lead or shirk from service. It either paralyzes us from moving forward, or it pushes us to take action. Here are five actions you can take to lead your organization or team through tough times:

27 Jan, 2011

A Love Affair With Results

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:00+00:00January 27th, 2011|Business Growth, Corporate Culture, Execution, Leadership, Results|

The edge is a deep passion for competing, contributing, and yes, winning. It’s being dissatisfied with the status quo and never resting on your laurels. It is caring so much that you work your tail off to deliver better results tomorrow than you did today. Passion for delivering results drives learning and embracing change as a way of life. It’s an attitude not a skill.

10 Jan, 2011

Can You Teach Leaders About Integrity?

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:00+00:00January 10th, 2011|Accountability, Business Growth, Business Strategy, Corporate Culture, Integrity & Ethics, Leadership|

Training & Development Magazine ran a great article in its December 2010 issue titled "2010: Six Trends That Will Change Workplace Learning Forever." The first trend identified was the problem with leadership. Specifically, the article said that “consumers had a low perception of leaders and very little trust in corporate America.” The article makes an excellent case for teaching leaders how to act with integrity ... and then it bailed out.

28 Dec, 2010

Resolutions for Results

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:01+00:00December 28th, 2010|Business Growth, Business Strategy, Leadership, Personal Development|

The tradition of New Year’s resolutions dates back more than 4,000 years to the ancient Babylonians. Even then people were failing to turn intention into action. Very few of the good intentions professed as a New Year’s Resolution will ever come to fruition. The goals are noble, but the choices are wrong. For 2011, consider forgetting your typical resolutions and make this the year of better choices.

20 Dec, 2010

Innovation That Sets You Apart

By Randy Pennington|2014-11-02T18:56:04+00:00December 20th, 2010|Business Growth, Business Strategy, Corporate Culture, Execution, Innovation, Performance Improvement, Results|

Being different is easy. Being distinctive in the markeplace ... now that takes work. But, according to a study by Booz Allen Hamilton, it doesn’t require you to break the bank for new research and development.

13 Dec, 2010

Three Important Questions

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:01+00:00December 13th, 2010|Accountability, Business Growth, Business Strategy, Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Execution, Leadership|

Someone out there is waiting to take your customers, your best employees, and ultimately, your business. Your competitors are not just the usual suspects you know. They can come from anywhere – from a dorm room to a foreign country.

6 Dec, 2010

Yes, But How?

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:01+00:00December 6th, 2010|Accountability, Business Growth, Business Presentations, Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Execution, Leadership, Performance Improvement, Results|

Consciously changing – even tweaking – a culture is hard work.. There is no twelve-step program. There are choices you can make that, over time, will help you repair a damaged culture or sustain and grow a positive one.

29 Nov, 2010

Leader or Liar?

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:02+00:00November 29th, 2010|Communication, Corporate Culture, Integrity & Ethics, Leadership, Personal Development|

We choose every day. Consciously or not, we make it nonetheless. Are we a leader or a liar? Here is the challenge – we know our intentions, but simply look at our behavior and performance filtered through their lens of perception. Did we do what we said we would do? We may see ourselves as a leader, but to others we are simply lying to them or ourselves.

22 Nov, 2010

Recover From Screw Up’s

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:02+00:00November 22nd, 2010|Business Growth, Communication, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Performance Improvement, Personal Development|

Mistakes happen. The lawyers are paid to tell you the answer that will protect your legal interests, just like your CPA is paid to tell you the answer that will protect your tax interests. You, on the other hand, are responsible for making the best leadership decision.

15 Nov, 2010

Stupid Has Its Own Momentum

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:02+00:00November 15th, 2010|Business Growth, Communication, Corporate Culture, Execution, Innovation, Leadership, Performance Improvement, Results|

We have all seen and/or participated in an experience similar to my purchase of an Arabian horse. More important, we have witnessed the result of a well-intentioned idea gone bad in the communities and organizations we serve. Stupid – once in play – can take on a life of its own.

1 Nov, 2010

Are You Vulnerable for an Employee Exodus?

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:02+00:00November 1st, 2010|Business Growth, Corporate Culture, Employee Retention, Leadership, Results|

Your best employees are contemplating quitting. Some of them already have. Increased turnover always occurs after a recession. Pent up demand for new talent combines with pent up desire for something better, and the people with the best skills – your star employees – start listening to the offers for more money and opportunity. Are you vulnerable? Chances are the answer is yes if you are guilty of any of the following:

26 Oct, 2010

Dreaming and Doing

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:02+00:00October 26th, 2010|Corporate Culture, Execution, Innovation, Leadership, Performance Improvement, Results|

We get the leaders we deserve. We will get better leaders when we select those who can both dream and do.

18 Oct, 2010

Leadership – Now More Than Ever

By Randy Pennington|2016-10-29T15:30:03+00:00October 18th, 2010|Business Growth, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Results|

Why you? Why now? What makes you relevant? Why should I pay attention to you rather than hit the “Next” button? The answers most of us give are wrong.

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