by Albert Ciuksza Jr. | Oct 4, 2019 | Albert Ciuksza Jr, Author, Leadership, Uncategorized
We live in the golden age of sarcasm. Trolls, digs, and burns are some of our most potent modern communication currencies, wielded by everyone from senior government officials to frustrated customer service representatives. Confession time, and with apologies to a...
by Albert Ciuksza Jr. | Sep 12, 2019 | Albert Ciuksza Jr, Author, Leadership, People Development, Strategy, Uncategorized
It’s relatively early in your career and you’re working hard, showing the world what you can do. Maybe you’ve gotten a promotion or had a significant work success, or maybe you have just consistently exceeded the goals others have set for you. Somewhere along the...
by Albert Ciuksza Jr. | Aug 16, 2019 | Albert Ciuksza Jr, Author, Leadership, Uncategorized
If you were king for a day, what would be the one change you would make to your organization? If you’re like most folks, you identified a people issue. Maybe you’d want your leaders to communicate more effectively, or you want more feedback from your boss, or you’d...
by Albert Ciuksza Jr. | Aug 2, 2019 | Albert Ciuksza Jr, Leadership, Uncategorized
Ever get a question in a situation you didn’t expect that catches you completely off guard? It happened to me this past week when a new acquaintance asked one of the more challenging questions about coaching. “How do you know your coaching is working?” I get that...
by Albert Ciuksza Jr. | Jun 7, 2019 | Albert Ciuksza Jr, People Development, Strategy, Uncategorized
Rock-solid individual contributors win — a lot. Winning becomes their reputation, and you hear it in how others describe them. “They get things done.” “They figure things out.” “I can trust that, if I give it to them, I know it will get done.” For these individual...
by Albert Ciuksza Jr. | May 10, 2019 | Albert Ciuksza Jr, Leadership, People Development, Uncategorized
Business owners are worried about handing off crucial responsibilities to their next leaders. Next leaders are frustrated that their bosses won’t entrust them with bigger decisions. Why the disconnect? In our research, there are five skills that executives are looking...
