With superheated competition and a comprehensive examination of everyone and everything in business, these days, the question often asked me is: “How do I know when I’m being a high accountability, very effective manager; or being a micromanaging harasser?” In…
Author: fifthwave
February 2011
The twenty-four hour news cycle initiated by cable television, has tended to trivialize the notion of “history in the making.” But these last two weeks have truly brought life to the concept. Both in the Middle East and North Africa,…
“Recruiting Is Back”
It’s becoming clearer and clearer that the gains realized from the additional productivity of the post-meltdown workforce have been maxed-out. In addition, the culture as a whole has begun to adapt to a smaller and less acquisitive lifestyle and, consequently,…
January 2011
The New Year starts out, for me, with a number of new ventures and adventures. As many of you are already aware, I recently completed a unique learning project with two friends and colleagues – Frank Sarr and John Stout.…
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Fear and Loathing at the Water Cooler
Fear and Loathing at the Water Cooler: 5 Ways to Counter the Recession Related Employee Underground of Anxiety, Aggression, and Shame If you’ve noticed employees behaving oddly these days, it’s probably not your imagination. Two things are happening with the…
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October/November 2010
I consider the introduction to the newsletter my opportunity to share interesting, miscellaneous tidbits. So here are three. 1. Last week, during my travels around the country, I went through security at a small airport in North Carolina and saw…
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Six Ways You Sabotage Your Leadership Ability
With all your credentials your leadership skills should be impeccable. You have an MBA from Harvard or some other prestigious business school. You’ve taken every executive certification program that’s come down the pike. You’ve been trained, coached, counseled and seminar-ed…
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September 2010
It’s not your imagination – there was no August newsletter. I’m right in the middle of one of those “good news/bad news” scenarios. I haven’t been this busy in a long time (I’ve been “rediscovered” – alas, in my late…
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75 Surprising Truths On Thriving In Today’s Workplace
In an era where information travels and technology spreads almost instantaneously, success requires that we look inside ourselves for solutions to our work-related problems. Morris Shechtman, author of Fifth Wave Leadership: The Internal Frontier offers the following pithy insights on…
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Your Employees And Your Bottom Line: Getting The Most Return
It’s more important than ever to get maximum return from your employees. Change-management expert Morris Shechtman tells you how . . . and it has little to do with increasing salaries. They say that time is money. And while that…
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