Does it disturb you that college students are graduating with an astronomical debt load and no jobs? It should! What do colleges and universities owe students, parents and stakeholders? What do we owe our kids? While education is a pathway to prosperity in an era of global competition, the value of higher education has come under the “needs reform” headlines…
In a world that now sends us thousands of messages a day, how do you stand out in the crowd? How do you capture the attention of your potential client and become “the one” they choose to do business with? It is a challenge to be heard above the noise of all these competing messages…
In working with leaders, we have discovered that many organizations have been frustrated that they cannot solve their problems by just handing leaders a new directive, a new book, or sending them to a new one-day management program at the Hilton. The truth is that each organization is uniquely complex, therefore no one has a “Cure-All” or special sauce that will solve all your problems. Even so, here are some tips from a recent issue of Fast Company magazine entitled “How to Lead in a Time of Chaos” by Roberta Mauson on how great leadership is created and a special sauce ingredient from Richard Branson, founder and chairman of Virgin Group of more than 400 companies and the fourth richest citizen of the United Kingdom, according to Forbes 2011 list of billionaires.
