Weekly Reports

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE IS ALWAYS CORRELATED TO MANAGEMENT DECISIONS about direction, strategy and risk control. The AICPA reports that more than seven in ten organizations admit to “at least one strategic initiative failing in the last three years as a result... Continue

CARDIAC HEALTH APPEARS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ‘HAPPINESS’ LEVEL OF RELATIONSHIPS, with married couples tending to live longer and be healthier than their single peers. According to latest University of Michigan research (involving 1,300 couples over six years), ‘systolic blood... Continue

MILLENNIALS WHO EXHIBIT “RELATIONAL AGGRESSION – involving a relationship with a loved one in which actions harm feelings or damage social status (often spreading rumors, backstabbing or publicly embarrassing friends) – apparently demonstrate the toxic effects of domineering helicopter parenting…... Continue

‘INFORMAL’ MEDIATION IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY EFFECTIVE MANNER OF ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION – a process of coaxing parties to focus on “surfacing the agenda” to ensure that each party listens and fully hears the other’s core issue(s) – which then facilitates... Continue

• PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL, ESPECIALLY OF MILLENNIALS, OFTEN HAS ADVERSE RESULTS, with employees feeling “less inspired and motivated after the appraisal episodes.” Surveys find the principal reason for this to be the traditional focus on activity – i.e. what the person... Continue