by Mary Kelly | Feb 10, 2015 | improving communications, leadership, team
How to Build Effective Teams The reason that we wind up cooperating with others as part of a team at work, the reason Paleolithic cave dwellers hunted as a team, and the reason people rowing in a scull move as one entity is that we are better together. Join forces....
by Mary Kelly | Jan 6, 2015 | business plan, planning
Year-in-Review: Planning for a Great New Year I wound up in Ushuaia, Argentina over Christmas. The trip was kind of accidental, and the story long and irrelevant, but I got to see penguins and learn about an indigenous people I had never heard of, the Yamana. There...
by Mary Kelly | Dec 9, 2014 | communication
Don’t Let a Grinch Steal Christmas While the holidays are a wonderful time to get together and celebrate, there are some people who seem to use this time to become overly critical, spread unhappiness, and complain. They are grinches. What do we do about those people?...
by Mary Kelly | Nov 11, 2014 | leadership
Leading Through a Crisis I spoke at the Colorado Business Protection Summit last Friday which focused on helping businesses create contingency plans in case of a sudden evacuation or other emergency. As with other parts of the country, fires, floods, and natural...
by Mary Kelly | Oct 14, 2014 | leadership
What to do When Your Top Producers Lose Engagement As a leader, it is sometimes hard to recognize when top-producing, independent, A-Team members disengage. Why is it so difficult to see these problems with your former superstars? Your top talent are the people who...
