The Top Persuasive Words to Use During Team Meetings
What are the top persuasive words to use during team meetings? According to a data-driven study there are some good ones. Every day, an estimated 11 million meetings take place in the United States alone. With managers often spending three-quarters of their time in meetings – and 97% of workers reporting that collaboration is essential […]
Do More Boomers Bring Entrepreneurial Spirit to the Workforce than Gen-Y?
Monster.com, the worldwide leader in successfully connecting people to job opportunities, and flagship brand of Monster Worldwide, Inc. and Millennial Branding, a Gen Y research and consulting firm, today announced new survey data on the state of worker attitudes across multi generations of professionals. This survey revealed that the entrepreneurial spirit resides in all of […]
7 Mistakes Business Consultants Make to Secure Steady Income
You’ve done it… you’re in business for yourself or are at least seriously thinking about taking the plunge. You’ve left the corporate 9:00- 5:00 world (nowadays more like 7:00 – 7:00) and have successfully started your own team building, training, consulting, or coaching business. You now choose your own clients, name your own hours, determine […]
The Power of Service to Bridge Differences for Collaboration
It seems like yesterday when TIGERS Success Series conducted a training session for Points of Light on building stakeholder collaboration. And now the nation’s largest conference on volunteer service – hosted by Points of Light with generous support from JPMorgan Chase – will bring more than 5,000 people to Washington, D.C., June 19-22, to share […]
Moving Toward Team Cooperation and Emotional Intelligence – 2013 Trend #1
I recently posted a blog, 2013 Business Trends, expressing my viewpoint on business culture trends for 2013. I touched on the three trends briefly, but intend to fully expand on each over the next few blog posts. The first trend I talked about is two-fold: #1 – Progressive companies will begin developing a cooperative team […]
TIGERS Success Series 2012 “Work Place Culture – What Works and What Doesn’t” Blog Recap – Part 5
Here it is – part 5…and the last…of my 2012 blog series, “Workplace Culture – What Works and What Doesn’t.” Did I save the best topic for last? Maybe…you be the judge. Workplace dynamics affects us all. Whether you work for a small business or a large organization, business cultures all share one thing in […]
Major Businesses & Foundations Call for a Revival of the American Spirit to Rebuild the American Dream
Today, against the backdrop of the Democratic National Convention, The Huffington Post, NBC News, Microsoft, major foundations, and other job creators in the public and private sectors hosted a non-partisan panel discussion on solutions to the jobs crisis and an exhibition of top American start-ups. The discussion featured Aspen Institute CEO Walter Isaacson, Director of […]
Business Funding For Green Business Entrepreneurs
By TIGERS Success Series One of TIGERS Success Series projects this year is to track collaborations between corporations and small business that results in job growth and business success. The Ace Group has risen on our radar for providing business funding for green business entrepreneurs. The ACE Charitable Foundation has just committed to a two-year, […]
Generation Y Cooperation in the Workforce
By TIGERS Success Series We’ve been saying for a couple of years that the Gen Y worker will take workforce cooperation to the next level. What they need is good mentoring, coaching and a clear career path to build their skills. New research by leadership firm, Zenger Folkman, reveals that Gen Y employees aren’t the self-centered “know-it-alls” […]
Employers Must Take Responsibility For Employee Engagement
Copyright TIGERS Success Series by Dianne Crampton One of the fastest ways to damage morale is to ask employees for their opinions, then ignore their replies. That’s the conclusion that Gallup, a research-based performance management consulting company, has reached and with good reason. Employees and team members actively disengage in the workplace if solicited opinions […]
