Weekly Reports

THE LAST WEEKS OF YEAR-END PRESSURES TYPICALLY CONFLICT WITH HOLIDAY ‘SPIRIT’ and together can distort the effectiveness of Owners & Leaders who find themselves juggling tasks rather than achieving meaningful outcomes by managing the time & energy of employees toward... Continue

OWNERS AND EXECUTIVE LEADERS IN FAMILY BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE OFTEN SURPRISED by loss of productivity, motivation, and even resignation from next-tier leaders in Manager or Supervisor roles. DCG experience is that when this occurs, the principal underlying issues involve... Continue

 SHORT TERM MEMORY LAPSE IS A COMMON AND FRUSTRATING PART OF LIFE – elusive names, misplaced phones, forgetting why we went upstairs or opened a drawer, and so forth. A four step process can help by encoding information in the... Continue

TIME MANAGEMENT IS SIMPLY ABOUT ALLOCATING PERSONAL ENERGY TO OPTIMALLY ACCOMPLISH PRIORITY TASKS in a realistic time frame.  And a critical factor generally overlooked is about our ‘bandwidth’ – our personal energy or mental capacity to handle tasks.” The biggest... Continue

SINCE COMPANY PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY ARE DEPENDANT ON EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT & RETENTION, what employees expect as fair and motivational are always critical factors. Latest surveys confirm that employee priorities remain: (1) Feeling they are appreciated; (2) Knowing what they are... Continue