by Kevin Brimhall | May 18, 2010 | Book Summaries, Leadership
Based on a five-year research project, Good to Great answers the question: "Can a good company become a great company and, if so, how?" In this book, Jim Collins teaches that companies can make the leap to outperform the market leaders. And although his Good...
by Kevin Brimhall | Mar 27, 2010 | Book Summaries, Organizational Excellence
Zapp! is not a recent book. In fact, it was written 21 years ago. But its concepts about employee empowerment hold up very well in today’s challenging work environment. Employee motivation is often a difficult idea to truly grasp, yet alone to influence and...
by Kevin Brimhall | Feb 24, 2010 | Personal Improvement
By changing how you think about your tasks, you can create a better return on investment for your time. Do you have more ‘to-dos’ than time in your day? Is lack of time preventing you from reaching more of your goals? If you had more time, what would it...
by Kevin Brimhall | Jan 25, 2010 | Leadership
It seems as though every business-related book, blog or speech these days is titled to emphasize the unique economic times that we are experiencing. Titles like: "Selling When the Economy Stinks", "Finding a Job in Turbulent Times", "Marketing...
by Kevin Brimhall | Nov 23, 2009 | Personal Improvement
There is a well-known axiom in business that "failure to plan is planning to fail." Well-known, and, all too often, honored in the reach. It is planning, in its many guises, that ultimately has the greatest impact on whether you finish a task or project on...
