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The workplace is somewhere that is in constant flux, with a perpetual rotation of employees, policies, products, even decorating. And yet, we can be s...

Look up the word “self-evaluation” in the dictionary and you’ll be redirected to evaluation. Search for it in the thesaurus and you’ll be told there a...

I spend a considerable amount of time at trade shows. I am always excited to see friends, clients and new brands that are coming out with innovative p...

There are so many puzzle pieces that make up a good leader. From the mundane—like punctuality—to the intricate—like the ability to listen—it takes all...

“How does my brand hold the mind share of the sales associate?” If you’re a brand selling products into specialty retail stores, this should be the pr...

In this modern, digital age, listening is quickly becoming a dying art. With our eyes and thumbs constantly distracted by texts, emails, phone calls, ...

*Amendment: After reviewing our feedback forms and internal discussions, the title of this NBDA Super Seminar should have been “Manager Profile Trends...

Congratulations! What an exciting promotion. Webster defines a manager as a person responsible for controlling or administering all or part of a compa...

Today, let’s tackle the second word, Pressure. It’s immediately paradoxical that these two words are used together: Gentle. Pressure. But any change e...

I wrote a book.

Two actually. On May 16^th my second book, Leading Change: How to Achieve Superior Results with Gentle Pressure Relentlessly Applied w...

At its core, the book is about the phrase: “Gentle Pressure Relentlessly Applied”. In my world, it’s more than a mantra—it’s a process. The first time...

In the late nineties, during my time leading at Bachrach men’s clothing, we had a focus on high-quality hiring. We worked with Jerry Bell of the Bell ...