(originally published August 18th, 2005) I have a couple of friends who are having some difficulties dealing with organizational authority figures recently. Both are in similar situations, but their positions are much different. One is the direct employee of the person giving her grief, the other is a consultant who doesn’t even report to the […]
Archive for April, 2006
(originally published May 13th, 2005) Today was the meeting of a consultant’s group I belong to. The idea of this meeting was to allow any of our members who wanted to talk a little bit about their business to the group the opportunity to participate and share. In one sense, the meeting was a flop, […]
(originally published August 7th, 2005) At a seminar I went to the other day, the speaker, Scott Blanchard, said this one very important line that he couldn’t remember, nor can I find through research, who said it: “When you become a leader, you forfeit your right to not see the impact you have on other […]
(originally posted April 9th, 2005) I went to a healthcare finance seminar in Rochester yesterday, and got to see two wonderful presenters that I want to mention. The first speaker does more than just healthcare presentations. Her name is Connie Podesta, and you want to talk about a combination of skills? She’s a clinical psychologist […]
(originally published December 8th, 2005) When I was a director in a hospital, upper management came up with something that they presented to all the employees. The idea was to go to raises based on merit; in essence, the amount of the raise you got was determined by the kind of job review you got. […]