Do Working Americans Own Businesses On The Side?
With job insecurity hitting all time lows over the past seven years, many more Americans are taking control of their destiny. Or, so it seems according to a new report published by the University of Phoenix. According to the report, more than half of working adults own a business or have entrepreneurial ambitions and nearly […]
NuStar Moves up 15 Spots On FORTUNE Best Places To Work
By Dianne Crampton NuStar Energy L.P. moved up 15 spots in the 15th annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, which appeared in the February 6 issue of FORTUNE Magazine. NuStar made this list four years in a row and moved to 15th place up from 30 last year. NuStar is recognized for […]
50 Fastest Growing Companies Focus On Building Great Relationships
Based on 10 years of empirical research involving 50,000 brands, Millward Brown and Jim Stengel developed the list of the world’s 50 fastest growing brands. These companies built the deepest relationships with customers and achieved the greatest financial growth from 2001-2011. The study, which forms the backbone of the new book, GROW: How Ideals Power Growth and […]
Empathy: Why it is important
It was one of those good days. A day when a former client calls and says, “That empathy performance question we put into our employment interviews probably saved us thousands of dollars and a lot of conflict.” “Really? How’s that?” “The candidate’s resume was stellar. He looked great and presented himself very well. But […]
7 Skills For Effective Leadership Team Development
Copyright 2011 TIGERS Success Series By Dianne Crampton The wisdom from the TIGERS-Den leadership forum never ceases to amaze me. There is a real synergy that forms when committed, like-minded leaders share their insights on team culture. It is also rewarding to see them co-create a set of skills they believe are important for emerging […]
Why Teambuilding Fails
The old adage that a work team is more effective for solving problems and sparkinginnovation than individual efforts holds true in business. For this reason, many leaders try to form teams to harness the strengths of their employees and many of these efforts fail. Why? Rarely does that leader reflect on their business culture to […]
Risk Management: Look Before You Leap
Team success or failure often hangs on how its leaders and employees manage risk. Risk means taking a chance with the exposure for loss or injury. Some leaders and employees strive to avoid risk because they fear the consequences of failure. However, if leaders develop a team culture that looks at failure as an important […]
4Refuel: Their Secret Success Story
4Refuel headquartered in British Columbia, Canada refuels heavy equipment in the field regardless of weather conditions. Its leaders believe that everyone has a right to be heard and understood in the company, and the leaders manage and build the company along lines that correspond to Crampton’s TIGERS collaborative value system. They particularly promote a climate […]
Welcome to The Tigers Den!
Learn the secret to increasing your team’s profits, improving productivity and fostering creativity to produce results that will blow you away! Dear Executive, Are you sick and tired of hearing your team members squabble when they should be problem-solving? Do you feel like there is more competition than cooperation in your department, and this stifles […]
