To retain high-potential employees, the conventional wisdom is deceptively simple: Identify, develop, and nurture them. By paying special attention to the very best people, they will stay with the firm and eventually emerge as key leaders. But translating this into action is much more difficult. As the former head of executive development at GE used to tell me, “There’s a …
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By Mara Brown Soaring to Success is a career and life enhancement and empowerment manual. Brown guides the reader to focus on the opportunities inherent in challenges and help discover personal and professional success, happiness and fulfillment. Soaring to Success allays the fears and anxieties that are prevalent, directs us to find our passions to …
Read MoreCoaches Corner: Mara Brown 0
Mara Brown is a best-selling author, powerful and effective executive coach, board facilitator, television talk show host/producer, and inspirational speaker. Mara uses a unique and powerful approach to coaching to help clients achieve their goals, dreams and desires. Some of the companies Mara works with on the topics of career development, leadership skills, strategic planning, …
Read MoreDoes It Pay More To Be Pretty? 0
Poor Samantha Brick. You pen one little piece for The Daily Mail in which you opine about the pros (free drinks!) and cons (haters!) of being beautiful and you set yourself up as an internet laughingstock. In addition to being left out of bridal parties and bullied in photo sessions, Brick contends that being pretty …
Read MoreWhy Your Employees Are Leaving … 0
One day when I was out getting a coffee, I overheard a man talking on his cellphone. “We need to be stricter with our hiring practices next year,” he said. “We want to keep them past a year.” I wanted to turn around and tell him, “Maybe you don’t need to be stricter with your …
Read MoreThe Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time 0
Why is it that between 25% and 50% of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work? It’s not just the number of hours we’re working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time. What we’ve lost, above all, are stopping points, finish lines …
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