Weekly Reports

  RETURN-TO-OFFICE POLICIES ARE PROVING CHALLENGING, especially with Gen Z workers who tend to have the best attitudes in a hybrid environment (i.e. some days in, some remote). A McKinsey survey of thousands of employees and employers across America found... Continue

‘BIASES’ IN MAKING DECISIONS AND TAKING ACTIONS result from our brains taking shortcuts in analyzing the flood of constant input, and based principally on emotion or fears. The most common biases include: “Confirmation – looking for and listening to input... Continue

WHAT MAKES A TEAM SUCCESSFUL are leaders who create environments rooted in trust, where people follow because they want to, not because they’re forced to. A Google study of 180 teams, testing raw talent/ intelligence/ experience/ work ethic, concluded that... Continue

THE ‘VALUABLE EMPLOYEE PARADOX’ is that most workers believe they are most valuable following direct instructions from their bosses without question. Studies, to the contrary, find Managers and Owners saying their most valuable workers are not ‘yes’ men or women,... Continue

SUCCESSION PLANNING IS A CRITICAL PHASE OF STRATEGIC DIRECTION IN FAMILY BUSINESSES, and owners often focus only on skill and experience but fail to consider ‘temperament’ of a potential successor. In measuring the likely Effectiveness of a potential new leader... Continue