by Dr. Z | Jan 15, 2014 | Inspiration, Motivation, Uncategorized
As we begin the New Year, most of us have set personal and professional goals to achieve over the next 12 months. Here are a few thoughts as you begin your quest to self-fulfillment: Losers quit when they fail. Winners fail until they succeed. The KSA...
by Dr. Z | Jun 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
“These headphone-wearing, disrespectful, entitled idiots…well not idiots, but kids, they’re just kids.” This was how an upper level manager at a national construction company described his Generation Y coworkers. Generation Y, or the Millennials, are born between the...
by Dr. Z | Jun 11, 2013 | Conflict Coaching, Learning, Understanding Conflict
If you disagree with someone, how do you know when to rip off the band-aid or when to make a constructive criticism sandwich? People who rip off band-aids are always blunt and to the point with their ideas, whereas our sandwich makers prefer to provide compliments and...
by Dr. Z | Jun 9, 2013 | Learning, Organizational Development, Time Management
“I don’t have time.” How many times do you say this throughout your week? With an overly saturated media environment, the challenging demands of work, family obligations, and socializing, there is little time left to do anything. The problem I here repetitively from...
by Dr. Z | May 8, 2013 | Leadership, Learning, Organizational Development
The world as we know it wouldn’t exist without collaborative actions and healthy competition. Most of us prefer one of these two ways of thinking and acting over the other, but they are both necessary components of an effective organizational environment. Problems...