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Behavioral competencies are more important the functional job competencies. Organizations that leverage behavior competencies create cultures of performance and success. And Peter Drucker is alleged to have said that culture eats strategy for lunch. This means the without the culture including v...
03/27/2022
Last night we enjoyed a night of networking with the Business Council of Westchester at The Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, NY.The Jacob Burns Film Center is a non-profit dedicated to the film arts. It has regular programs and different films. One film right now is The Godfather.Jacob...
03/22/2022
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Managing a team is a skillful balancing act. How do you hold people accountable while empowering them to do their best work? On one hand, you have the work to be done—the business to be performed. On the other hand, you need engaged and self-motivated and even self-managing team members. Going on...
03/20/2022
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I am a proud member of the Business Council of Westchester. I am an ambassador for new members and I am also the co-chair of the Human Resources Council.We have great retention of members because we do such a great job of onboarding new members and seeing that they find success.This morning we h...
03/15/2022
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In your business you should focus on doing the right things at the right time for the right reasons. Hold your focus and stay sharp on the things necessary to grow and adapt to changes.Don’t get bogged down in the daily operations and get lazy and develop a rut. The owner stops seeing the big pic...
03/13/2022
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I have served on the Board of the Westchester Human Resource Management Association for a long time. I enjoy mentoring the young rising stars in HR.Tonight was our annual board dinner. We have not had one since the pandemic and it was great to see everyone in person.I learned that three of the ...
03/08/2022
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There are so many changes now with the churn in the job market because of the Great Resignation. This can be a time of opportunity to find out how you can leverage the strengths you have and how to use strengths of team members to have increased results and job satisfaction for all.I think it is ...
03/06/2022
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We have just wound down the month of February in Florida. Sunday was a wonderful day on the water. We enjoyed our time as you can see Phyllis agrees.Today I had a visit from one of my colleague from New York. Jack Martinelli is publisher of Westchester Magazine. They do the food festival ever...
03/01/2022
There seems to have been plenty of anxiety about the future in the last two years. The best way to predict the future is to create itI work with business owners in Westchester County New York who define success through their vision, their values, and goals. In addition, they monitor and measure r...
02/27/2022
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Phyllis and I enjoyed dinner on our patio the other night to the backdrop of this beautiful sunset.I couldn't help but look at my right cameras in Armonk NY. It was already pitch black with snow on the ground.We are spending several weeks down here enjoying the weather. I have one visitor comin...
02/22/2022