I’m often asked for advice on what to offer new candidates, or on what size performance increase might be appropriate for an existing team member. I tend to respond quickly: “Take what feels right and raise it at least 10%. Or if you can, find out what the person thinks he or she should make, and raise that…
Always There When You Need Him
By Steve Lutes VP Global Technical Services at Beam Global Spirits & Wine Client of Bill Munn Management Coaching When Bill asked if I would do him the honor of writing a guest blog for his website, I jumped at the chance. After all, who could resist the power of the pen, especially when the…
Leadership Lessons from George & Abe
Before this month passes us by, I’d like to take a closer look at the 2 great American leaders we honor every February. Although some view Presidents’ Day as a way to recognize all American presidents, many believe that this minimizes the legacies of the men whose great leadership in fact spurred the creation and evolution of…
See Yourself as Others See You
One of my clients recently shared this brief video when responding to a blog post, and I loved it! In this interview for Fortune magazine’s “The best advice I ever got” series, Eric Schmidt – Google executive chairman and former CEO – makes a couple of keen observations about the value of leadership coaching, and…
What E.T. & Lou Gerstner Teach Us About Excellent Customer Service
We all remember that iconic little alien E.T., who so wanted to get in touch with his home ship that he repeated his “E.T. phone home” mantra right into the #15 slot of American cinema’s top 100 quotations. But what our present day ETs (Executive Teams, that is) don’t always remember is that anyone who…
College Schmollege: Changing Attitudes on University Degrees
Thomas Edison, Richard Branson, Jane Austen, Ansel Adams, Jack Dorsey, Woody Allen, Rachael Ray, Winston Churchill, Leonardo Del Vecchio, Bob Dylan, Florence Nightingale, Michael Dell, Walt Disney. I could go on all day. Sound like a strange grouping? Maybe at first blush. But these folks actually have a lot in common. They’re all world changers. All successful,…
