Why gender balance isn’t working (and what to do about it) On October 23rd, the Wall Street Journal had a section devoted to Women in the Workplace. The most significant takeaway for me was that in spite of all the talk about promoting women’s success and advantaging women’s potential contributions, gender balance hasn’t changed significantly. ...
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Chairman’s Letter: Planning for Succession
Why successful succession assures the posterity of the business (or your function). People (my mother included) say I’m a very lucky man – because I’m able, at my stage in life, to spend most of my time doing those things I love doing – at work (consulting, coaching, training, strategizing); and personally (spending time with ...
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Chairman’s Letter: All (PI®) Profiles Are Beautiful
discovering THE UNIQUE BEAUTY of the “STRAIGHT LINE” PROFILE If you’ve been to our Carmel office and used our powder rooms, you’ve seen the above statement (All (PI®) Profiles Are Beautiful) displayed next to each of the mirrors. It’s true. In almost 34 years of working with the Predictive Index® tool, I’ve had the opportunity ...
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Engagement is a Verb (and 4 Steps That Help You Drive It)
Bob Wilson, Founder and Chairman of ADVISA, writes a quarterly Chairman’s Letter. Bob’s letters skillfully incorporate his years of consulting experience into real-life stories. ...
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Managing Through the Paradox of Conflict
Bob Wilson, Founder and Chairman of ADVISA, writes a quarterly Chairman’s Letter. Bob’s letters skillfully incorporate his years of consulting experience into real-life stories. ...
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Relationships Matter
Bob Wilson, Founder and Chairman of ADVISA, writes a quarterly Chairman’s Letter. Bob’s letters skillfully incorporate his years of consulting experience into real-life stories. He writes from the heart. We hope you’ll enjoy. A client CEO recently told me, “I’m concerned about our culture.” I asked him why; and he couldn’t really put a finger ...
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Promising and Delivering – The Trust Equation
One of the better phrases to come out of the strategic planning sessions I’ve conducted over the years was included in the participant clients’ Values Statement. It stated: “We will under promise and over deliver.” That performance promise made an impression on me then and still does today. It clearly conveys as a corporate value ...
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Client post: John Ulrich, Lacks Trim Systems
Lacks Enterprises, Inc. has been an ADVISA client since 2006. John Ulrich, supply chain manager, became a certified analyst in February 2016. Lacks is a client of Bob Wilson’s, Chairman and Founder of ADVISA. I’d used PI for a number of years before going through proper certification training. I had always found it a useful tool ...
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Chairman's Letter: Employee Development
Last week I visited a 200-employee company that has over the last two years developed and implemented their own employee university. While they recognize they’re not going to operate at the level of GE, they’ve made the decision that they want to become a learning organization in word and deed. Wow! That’s quite a commitment ...
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Letter from the Chairman: Delegation is Hard But Fulfilling
Dear Fellow Leader: In this inaugural issue of the “Letter from the Chairman”, I wanted to share some advice that was given to me many years ago by a CEO whose success in building his business I admired. The advice was simple and succinct, “If you want to be a successful leader, learn to delegate ...
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