Dr. Anderson will be presenting at the 20th Prairie Family Business Conference on March 29th & March 30th in Sioux Falls, SD. Along with Peter Hatinen, P. A., Fredrikson & Byron, Dr. Anderson will be discussing “The ‘Values’ of Transition: How your family values can influence family harmony, business success, and sustainable wealth for future [...]
Pamela Field, chief executive of Stetson, believes in truth in the workplace. She shares her viewpoint in a recent New York Times Corner Office interview with writer Adam Bryant. Her conviction in honesty stems from an experience as a manger at Avon in the early days of her career. Field says she wouldn’t let her [...]
Detroit native Josh Linkner believes the city of Detroit offers valuable lessons for all of us. He writes about his native city in a recent Inc. article. He likens Detroit’s story to both the American dream and Rocky Balboa: “fighting from behind for life and glory.” Linkner tells us Detroit is an “unfinished book” and [...]
Where do great ideas come from? Often they are found within open spaces. No, inspiration doesn’t spark in open prairies; innovation is often born during “think time.” Writer Kaomi Goetz tells the story of 3M’s Post-It Note in a Co Design article. 3M scientist Art Fry created the famous Post-It Note within 3M’s 15 percent [...]
A peek inside the Siemens A.G. corner office offers thoughts on the importance of trust from this company’s President and C.E.O. Peter Löscher. Interviewer Adam Bryant shares this conversation in a recent New York Times’ article. Löscher talks about watching sports and seeing “the difference between a good team and a great team is usually [...]
Author Daniel Pink’s recent blog posting illuminates the power of work-day progress. Authors Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer compiled 12,000 days of diary entries and questionnaire from 238 people in 7 different companies for their latest book The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. One of their biggest [...]
How do you prepare yourself to carry on despite the difficulties of your work world? A recent New York Times Corner Office interviewee says any sports field is a great place to gain endurance. Kathy Button Bell, vice president and chief marketing officer at Emerson, credits her athletic background for teaching her leadership and perseverance [...]
We all know Google’s ability to change up their trademarked name with unique design details is clever. What about their research on what makes a better manager? Did they uncover secrets worthy enough for an article in The New York Times? Indeed, they did. The Eight Good Behaviors list isn’t the real reason for the [...]
We have all been there: in the middle of a bad situation with no idea of how to calm down, change course, and resolve the issue. As leaders, it is our job to help our employees when they are caught in rotten work day circumstances. Blog post writer Rosabeth Moss Kanter, author of Confidence and [...]
What do you know about mentors? Do you think only young people need this type of guidance? Are you sure a mentorship involves magic? You meet a kindred spirit randomly and he offers to guide you through your work life for the next 50 years. Throw away all of your pre-conceived ideas of mentoring, writes [...]
