http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog Producing Individual & Organizational Success Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:58:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The number 3 has a mystical tradition in many cultures, including our own. It is a familiar component of the many structures, formulas and patterns that we follow daily. We often use the number 3 to organize our thinking and help our memory. Our stories typically follow a beginning, middle ... http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog/2010/07/25/power-of-three/ The good news is that successful, modern organizations are becoming more open and transparent. Continual technological advances provide many potentially useful methods of sharing information more widely and quickly than ever before. As the work becomes more decentralized, team-based, and often virtual, individuals can use valuable and timely information to ... http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog/2009/11/30/avoiding-tmi/ We are products of an action-oriented culture. We like movie action heroes and we tend to value mantras like, “Just do it.” We typically reward and admire action, because that’s what we see. Results are what gets measured and what gets measured is what gets done. Given an uncertain and ... http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog/2009/10/03/getting-to-action/ Leaders are always challenged to find ways to motivate their workforce. Motivational theorists support the fact that people motivate themselves. Leaders can only help by creating the conditions whereby people can be motivated. Monetary compensation only works for a short time before people start needing additional incentives to increase their ... http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog/2009/09/12/competition-and-motivation/ There are three primary areas where managers should focus their attention in order to impact how well the people in their units are working together. Many problems and issues that are found in the workplace can be attributed to one or more of these realms. Good supervision and oversight requires ... http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/29/management-realms/ I found some interesting concepts regarding change and the role of coaching in a book by Goleman, Boyatzis, and McKee called, The New Leaders: Transforming the Art of Leadership into the Science of Results, London: Little Brown. Their research suggests that personal change occurs more effectively and sustainably when we ... http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/22/thoughts-on-coaching/ As our world, and especially our workplaces, become increasingly automated it’s important to remember that people don’t operate like bits and bytes. Whether we are conscious of it or not, we are being trained and conditioned by the speed and capabilities of the technology around us. This includes the technology ... http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/15/benefits-of-buggy-software/ I received a degree from UC Berkeley in Social Science and I believe I benefited greatly from a well-rounded, liberal arts course of study. I learned a lot of theories about people and how we behave. I’m sure that I internalized many of those lessons and have applied them in ... http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/08/look-for-talent-in-the-right-places/ Next week is my birthday. And as the day approaches I recall that an advisor recently told me that my life is likely half over. Since I’ll be 51, I am OK with that prospect. There remains a lot to look forward to in the future. I’m still planning new business ... http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog/2009/08/01/still-learning/ I delivered a series of workshops this past week on resolving conflict. I tried to emphasize how to minimize and prevent conflict - when possible. Whenever I am discussing personal behavior change, I often hear that the real problem is “my boss” or “my co-worker” and that “they should be ... http://www.deliaconsulting.com/blog/2009/07/25/do-as-i-do/