by EdKrow | Jun 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last year I received a call from “Jim” the board president of a credit union. He was reaching out to me because his credit union was in dire straits and the Board of Directors desperately needed someone to help them set things right. “We are under scrutiny from...
by EdKrow | Jun 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
Current events are causing many leaders to rethink the financial situation of their departments like human resources and other partner organizations. Unfortunately, I am seeing some business leaders chopping out training budgets. I believe this is one of the...
by EdKrow | May 13, 2020 | Uncategorized
If there is one thing that an emergency does is it shows us our weaknesses. Amid this pandemic, many businesses have been shuttered by government orders, while others deemed “essential” are operating with skeleton crews. One thing is for certain in all aspects:...
by EdKrow | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Recently, I was in a meeting with a general manager of a hotel. It was a rather large facility with a small conference center. The facility had restaurants, meeting rooms, and of course, hotel rooms and suites, so there was a lot to manage. The sales manager...
by EdKrow | Apr 11, 2019 | Performance Management, Uncategorized
Think of a parallelogram split from the top left corner to the bottom right. You’re left with two triangles. The triangle on the right, standing on its tip, is the employee triangle. When you bring an employee into your organization, if you don’t take care of...
by EdKrow | Apr 10, 2019 | General, Uncategorized
One of the challenges to being a consultant is working on your own self-development. Remember that old saying that oftentimes it’s the cobbler’s kids that have no shoes? That can certainly be true of consultants, too. For me, I realized it was becoming true because I...
