Sep 7th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Are Titles Hurting Your Company?

Oh wow, you’re the CEO!?  SENIOR Vice President, you must be really important! …YUCK! Titles Influence Actions Think about this. If you automatically attribute certain rights and privileges to a certain “class” of titles, your interactions with those people are artificially influenced right out of the gate. In addition, if you attribute a level of superiority with certain titles... read more

Aug 5th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Creating a Culture of Innovation: Nurturing New Ideas with New People

When it comes to innovation and the nurturing of new ideas, I’m a firm believer in participation by a very diverse group of people within one’s organization.  You may not think that the lady in HR has anything insightful to add to a conversation about a totally new technology idea - but that is exactly why you should include her. Something New or Different Introduced Innovation by definition... read more

Jun 29th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

Mix things up to re-energize your team

Here’s a great exercise to help re-energize your team: Tell every member of your team that you want each of them to forget about everything that they are currently working on, and take the time to come up with what THEY think they should be working on. What THEY think should be their highest priority. In addition, ask them to look at what every other member of the team is currently working on, and... read more

Jun 17th 08 Posted by Jesse Kliza

When Team Dynamics Become Team Dynumbics

Sometimes a terrible thing can happen to a team. Team dynamics become what I call team “dynumbics”. People become numb. They become lulled to sleep, not willing to participate in the overall team effort aside from doing their individual tasks and calling it a day. They no longer have a drive to disagree, to be creative or to voice their opinions and ideas. Why does this happen? In thinking... read more