Archive for 'American Entitlement'

What do you do when you observe someone blatantly disrespect another person in some way? Do you intervene or idly stand by? Here’s one manager who took matters into his own hands, and the difficult stand to do what’s right. If you’re an avid traveler like me, you’ve probably lost count of how many flights …

Back in 2009, I was interviewed on Channel 12 News during our last recession. The advice I gave then on building your personal brand, keeping your job and advancing in your career in the face of mounting competition was not only timely then, but applies to today’s workforce. Here are several things you can do …

You love your top performers, but are you being held hostage by them to the point where they are causing more damage than they’re worth? (Excerpt from Keith’s upcoming book. Get notified when it’s published.) The holy grail for leadership is to develop a team of self-motivated, highly accountable, top performers. But if you ask …

Follow me on Twitter here. “Should I be tweeting, Keith?” This question comes up more and more when speaking with clients. Since there are several factors to consider when answering this, my response to this question are additional exploratory questions that guide a conversation to help individuals and companies determine whether it makes sense for …

Millions of jobs have been lost over the last year. A recent survey indicated that almost 50% of American’s are worried about losing their job. Our job market hasn’t experienced these staggering numbers since 1974. With more companies laying people off, how can you insulate yourself from the rest of the work force and maintain …

I want to share a conversation I had recently with a CEO of a fairly large company. He was telling me how they’ve done as much fat cutting, expense reduction, budget freezing and overhead trimming as they can. They’re on their second rounds of layoffs and it’s still not looking good, as another layoff is …

Author Lee B. Salz brings together a collection of critical thinking from a variety of consultants and thought leaders, and has them weigh in on what businesses need to do to avoid becoming a growing statistic of companies unable to change their rigid ways. I’ve included the entire article below that Lee wrote. Read how …

Here’s an experience I had that reinforces the central theme that needs to be adopted in order to make these positive changes that are going to lead to greater measurable results while getting you out of your comfort zone in order to do so. I remember when my oldest daughter was about four years old. …