by Christi Barrett | Meetings
People hate meetings. Or at least they feel strongly enough about them to create a seemingly-endless list of negative quotes about meetings. Here are more of our favorites, this time with a “committee” focus. “To kill time, a committee meeting is the...
by Christi Barrett | Work/Life Balance
Has the recession claimed another victim – the vacation (or as Humanergy’s Aussie/Brit contingent says, “holiday”)? The American Management Association’s newsletter recently featured an article by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.,...
by Christi Barrett | Leadership
A recent article in the Indianapolis Star titled Sharing the Wealth highlights something that we’ve always believed – that companies gain loyal employees through respectful practices, enriching job roles and, when possible, sharing the fruits of their...
by Christi Barrett | Influence, Leadership
When we successfully influence, we build solutions that everyone can live with. These solutions don’t always come easily, and often people involved must change their thinking and behavior. How much change is required? It will depend upon the person. That’s...
by Christi Barrett | Influence
There’s been a lot of buzz about influence as an essential component of leadership. It’s true that with the exception of tyrants and dictators, leaders make most of their impact through influencing others. Clearly, the ability to get things done...
