tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71287562009-10-27T10:54:49.139-04:00Applying the principles of values-based leadership.George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.comBlogger250125http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.gifThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-83246995386239078302009-10-26T10:06:00.003-04:002009-10-26T10:15:38.493-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0<!--StartFragment--&gt; For many leaders, empowering employees can be a personal challenge. For one thing, the thought of sharing our power might mean confronting some of our personal insecurities....http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-your-boss-micromanager.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-81502478348403144282009-10-06T06:40:00.002-04:002009-10-06T06:47:51.380-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0Is this the worst economy ever? Hardly. Remember the Carter Administration? In any event, this recession is not a time to reflect on our own hardships; it's an opportunity to help others handle...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/10/event-slides-lourdes-college.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-41064333697286791732009-09-25T13:29:00.003-04:002009-09-25T13:41:58.870-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com1Are leaders born or made? It's an age-old question that suggests that leadership might be reserved for a fortunate few. The truth is that the ability to lead, just like the knowledge needed to...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/09/event-slides-2009-annual-concept.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-37081362197913424942009-09-11T09:26:00.006-04:002009-09-11T09:34:27.693-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0Health officials are busy warning anxious citizens about the spread of the H1N1 virus, better known as the swine flu. For their part, organizations are advising their employees on how to keep their...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/09/emotional-contagion.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-62233476408862532112009-08-19T13:44:00.005-04:002009-08-19T14:01:24.581-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0According to research by Gallup, employees tend to receive very little praise from their supervisors. In fact, less than a third of U.S. workers would strongly agree that a boss has praised their...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/08/chemistry-of-praise.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-89847200125073358142009-08-13T07:34:00.004-04:002009-08-13T07:57:44.834-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com1<!--StartFragment--&gt; "Our system was failing to meet its most basic responsibility: the development of productive and well-disciplined individuals." Dick Grote, Discipline Without Punishment In...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/08/trouble-with-discipline-part-ii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-33633322684431335142009-08-06T11:47:00.005-04:002009-08-06T12:23:28.863-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0"Perhaps one of the most prevalent errors is based on the idea that discipline is punishment." Robert Bacal, "Five Sins of Discipline"Many years ago, I had to confront an employee about her recurring...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/08/trouble-with-discipline-part-i.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-75410645203042825612009-07-16T09:36:00.002-04:002009-07-16T09:53:03.862-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0In his book, Good to Great, Jim Collins stresses that an important means for companies to become extraordinary is to choose the right people. But as Collins points out, too many organizations allow...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/wrong-people-wrong-bus.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-40197577272926487512009-07-01T11:16:00.004-04:002009-07-01T11:39:24.737-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0"Many of those who remain after downsizing are stricken with survivor's guilt. Others are filled with an enormous amount of anxiety, assuming that it is only a matter of time before the other shoe...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/07/survivors-guilt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-90535384826634793582009-06-11T16:39:00.003-04:002009-06-11T16:59:48.574-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com1Why are we here? I think many people assume, wrongly, that a company exists solely to make money. Money is an important part of a company's existence, if the company is any good. But a result is not...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/06/moral-sensitivity-part-ii-great.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-984170590539678092009-05-18T10:35:00.005-04:002009-05-18T10:57:53.270-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0In the early 1960s, Phil Knight conceived his idea for a successful athletic shoe company. His strategy was to minimize production expenses by outsourcing manufacturing to low-cost foreign suppliers....http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/moral-sensitivity.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-45752334220242332712009-05-12T17:27:00.002-04:002009-05-12T17:32:58.404-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0Leonard Abess likes to read annual reports. As the head of City National Bank in Miami, he especially likes to study the annual reports of other banks. He always pays particular attention to the...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/05/leonard-abess.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-88624207902094792422009-04-29T18:15:00.004-04:002009-04-29T18:21:46.627-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0My friend and editor Laurel Marshfield has begun a blog for authors and writers called Your Book Your Self. It is full of advice, success stories, encouragement, and inspiration for current and...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/04/inspiration-for-authors.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-50485682786183250642009-04-20T16:15:00.002-04:002009-04-20T16:21:10.558-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0Circuit City is selling its name. Unfortunately, it's a name with little value these days. And that's too bad. The former electronics retailer was once a great company praised for its progressive...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/04/for-sale-former-reputation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-57580319477171073452009-04-10T13:20:00.008-04:002009-04-11T08:39:41.555-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0Even in today's tough economic times, good employees are hard to find. And even harder to hold on to. That's why leaders must demonstrate their values -- not just in the moment of truth, but...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/04/event-slides-islamic-center-of-greater.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-29027487691339148042009-04-06T11:23:00.004-04:002009-04-06T11:35:19.056-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0Looking for a great place to work? Consider applying at the Mountain View, California headquarters of Google. Among the perks enjoyed by Google employees are onsite haircuts, free laundry facilities,...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/04/netapp-great-place-to-work.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-62722484631592427222009-03-18T15:49:00.004-04:002009-03-18T15:55:42.064-04:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0This is part of a series of posts featuring earlier content from the Vital Integrities Blog along with updated information and opinions.Here's an excerpt from a March 2006 post:Weather forecasting,...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/then-and-now-local-reality-tv.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-42652765357694065152009-03-02T09:31:00.002-05:002009-03-02T09:35:00.984-05:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0Wherever I go, leaders and followers within organizations report a common and growing challenge. Employees describe the maddening experience of offering up ideas at work, only to have their...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/03/rewriting-future.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-36086419217607897342009-02-19T15:54:00.002-05:002009-02-19T15:57:14.239-05:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0Beginning in the 1960s, the French and British governments jointly financed the development of a supersonic airplane capable of shuttling passengers between Europe and America at breakneck speeds....http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/concorde-effect.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-68803011691645565092009-02-17T11:26:00.003-05:002009-02-17T11:35:17.807-05:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0Do you have a tattletale on your staff? I'm not referring to those courageous whistleblowers who turn in embezzlers or expose harassment. I am talking about the sticklers who can't wait to rat out a...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/tattletales.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-85296340495865900222009-02-05T14:17:00.002-05:002009-02-05T16:30:27.293-05:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0"I'm here on television saying I screwed up." Barak ObamaWhen news broke that Tom Daschle had failed to pay nearly $140,000 in back taxes, President Obama initially stood by his choice for Health and...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/02/humble-pie.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-10441338491408764622009-01-13T11:31:00.002-05:002009-01-13T11:36:01.991-05:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its most recent report on U.S. employment. At the end of December, the unemployment rate reached 7.2 percent. While far from the double-digit rates...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/01/digging-beyond-72.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-91146058158790079912009-01-08T14:14:00.003-05:002009-01-08T14:32:04.779-05:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com0"One good thing about the recession," a prospective client's president told me recently, "is that our employee turnover is down." He went on to theorize that daily news reports of company...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/01/virtual-turnover.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-37794492144587327752009-01-06T08:18:00.004-05:002009-01-06T17:17:27.126-05:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com1Happy New Year! It's time for the Vital Integrities Blog's annual ranking of the ten dumbest leadership moves of the past twelve months. Here then, in no particular order, are ten examples of...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2009/01/10-great-leadership-blunders-2008.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7128756.post-76302817471755787072008-12-31T13:14:00.004-05:002008-12-31T14:05:17.300-05:00George Brymerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01729348972832695739noreply@blogger.com1Molly DiBianca over at The Delaware Employment Law Blog has included the Vital Integrities Blog in her list of the 100 Leading Blogs on Leadership. It is an impressive list, and I'm honored to be...http://allsquareinc.blogspot.com/2008/12/honor-for-vital-integrities-blog.html