Have you ever noticed how much time and energy can be burned without actually accomplishing anything during the course of a day? Here’s my list of the top things that keep me from being truly productive. I suspect it will sound quite familiar to many of us, so I don’t claim any unique insight. I [...]
Tag Archives: People
Irreplaceable or Invaluable?
I was chatting with one of our key employees today. She indicated she was struggling with what she perceived to be a conflict of statements I have made to our company. On one hand, I tell our folks we want to hire the best, most capable people we can, and on the other hand I [...]
What You Can Learn From The Flying Karamozov’s
Ken Rosen, our VP of Marketing, introduced Chiliad to Randy Nelson, a former colleague of Ken from his days at Next. Randy may be one of the world’s leading experts on training. He also has a very intriguing personal history that I will let you discover for yourself. The title of this blog gives you a [...]
Open Yourself to Ideas – Plus, Minus, Interesting
When my mind gets too negative towards my own ideas, it’s unpleasant but tolerable. However, when my mind gets negative towards the ideas of others it can be a real liability, cutting me off from insight and creativity. At these times I like to turn to a technique called “plus-minus-interesting”. It comes from Edward deBono [...]
3 Rules of Thumb for Better Hiring
Evaluating and hiring people to join a company is a complex and maddening process that, even after many years, I confess I do not feel I have mastered. Here are some of the reasons why: Some people give great interview – “big hat, no cattle,” but their performance on the job is not exemplary; one of my [...]
