What is a world class leader? Do you know one? One of the biggest fallacies out there is that brilliant leaders are born not made! This is bogus. The truth is that world class leaders- those you want to follow- those that are heroic have been shaped to become who they are. In my seventeen [...]
As we make our way through 2012 and continue through the year of transformation it is interesting to notice businesses that are thriving and the leaders behind the successful businesses. Apple, is growing rapidly and barely missed a beat with the passing of Steve Jobs. The Chopra Center is growing with new programs and the [...]
The transportation and logistics industry has a problem. It’s a good problem that other industries would love to have. The problem is that they need good people. Finding and keeping good people to work in warehouses, driving trucks or in logistics is a unique problem in that there is a generational component to the [...]
Speed has infiltrated every area of our lives, faster personal lives, more activities and scheduling with families and constant data from media, social media and the workplace. It can be downright stressful OR we can adapt to the new reality that we are living in. The truth is if you are resisting the speed by [...]
By Cheryl Cran January 2012 A major agriculture company recently complained to me that they had over 3000 jobs to fill in the Midwest and they could not find trained talent who were willing to take these jobs. I know this might sound crazy if you are someone looking for a job or [...]
The information age peppers us with constant data and stimulation. We now know in a nanosecond about an earthquake in Turkey, the state of the global economy and who is winning on Dancing With the Stars. As leaders (we are all leaders regardless of our title at work) we are living and working in an unprecedented time of [...]
Recently I attended a conference as a participant- I haven’t been to this conference in a few years and I was looking forward to seeing familiar faces as well as to learn something new. I did indeed learn a lot but not from the sessions themselves as much as from observing the different generations at [...]
I just spoke for a group of 1500 advisors/teachers in Anaheim and when I started my keynote I asked for everyone in the audience to NOT put away their Blackberries or IPhones. I asked them to please keep their technology ON for the duration of my presentation and I asked them to text any of [...]
In a recent issue of Inc. magazine there was a list of 50 companies that have been selected as the 2011 winners of creating a superior company culture. In that list the industries represented were primarily technology, wellness and health and education. What was missing was finance, insurance and health care as well as other [...]
Many of us are focused on getting through the day, the month or the year and thinking about 2020 seems so far away. Well we all know that we are now living and working in a constantly evolving world and workplace and the best laid plans for 2020 may never come to fruition. However being [...]
