Insights From Gail
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Customer intimacy, product leadership, or operational excellence?
Which of the 3 value disciplines is your company doing best? It’s unlikely you can be great at all of them!
How to keep employees motivated when promotion isn’t an option
There’s a simple way managers can retain and motivate talented employees when promotion is not an option. But you have to be ready to hear it.
Some good news from last year (and cautious optimism for the future)
No doubt much is wrong in this world of ours, but focusing on the bad news isn’t going to help. Here are 9 pieces of good news from last year.
How to keep clients like David Ogilvy
Sixty years in, the advertising legend’s advice for how to keep clients is still relevant, no matter your industry.
Want to make better business decisions? Consider a bad temper
Moods affect our decisions much more than we think. Learn why being in a good mood is bad for making business decisions.
Forget authenticity at work — embrace growth instead
When it comes to authenticity at work, don’t confuse your core identity with peripheral characteristics — which we can and sometimes should change.
7 positive steps to get your people back in the office
Many leaders want their people back in the office, but a lot of employees are resisting the change. Here are 7 meaningful ways to encourage people to come back in to work.
Are you a ‘quiet quitter’?
If you’re a “quiet quitter” — and you may be one — don’t expect that you’ll be on the fast track for raises and promotions. Here’s what to do instead if you want to get ahead at work.
To give constructive criticism, don’t enlist an ‘invisible army’
Learn how to give effective feedback without resorting to “everybody says so.” And learn how to respond to constructive criticism that includes an alleged crowd opinion.