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Solutions 21 Promotes Rob Salome to Chief Operating Officer
Solutions 21 is pleased to announce the promotion of Vice President of Consulting Services Rob Salome to the position of chief operating officer, effective January 4, 2021. “The pandemic has been a tremendous challenge for our clients, but we managed to grow our own...
Strategic leaders—never, never, never give up!
To fully understand the magnitude and complex nature of strategy, I would like to first set the stage by bringing you back to late May 1940, Dunkirk, Northern France. At this time, over 330,000 Belgian, British, and French troops were surrounded by German soldiers...
Leadership 101: self-care
Recently, I sat on a plane listening to the stewardess’s standard emergency spiel. As she said, “When the oxygen masks come down, put the mask on yourself first, then put it on your child or anyone else next to you,” I began to think about how these instructions apply...
1,000 jumps
If you’ve been skydiving, you know the thrill, fear, and elation of hitting terminal velocity and the feeling of floating in the air. For some, it’s an addictive pastime that they pursue as a hobby or sport. Even though it feels dangerous, it is incredibly safe...
The courage to deliver
My favorite essay of all time was written in 1899. I have drawn inspiration from it for over 25 years: “A Message to Garcia” by Elbert Hubbard. It tells the story of how “the fellow by the name of Rowan delivered a message to Garcia, the leader of the Cuban rebels. He...
Why do you exist?
The Evolution of Leadership Everyone is familiar with evolution, though it can be difficult to observe. It is often only recognized upon extinction. For organizations to survive, they must evolve. Survival does not occur because organisms live forever. They live...
Trust in crisis
Rapid adaptability and innovation have set organizations apart during the stresses of 2020. Organizations like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and Home Depot have capitalized on innovative digital shopping and delivery methods to meet the public's needs and demands. In...
Killing complacency: how to rise above your competitors
What does it take to beat a global financial crisis? Some individuals blame the banks, the lack of credit available, or even a run of bad luck, and sure, all of those did contribute in some way to the crisis of the last few years. As a business consultant, I have had...
Your employees want a career chessboard: backed by research
For well over a century, most organizations have followed a career path mentality where top performers automatically became managers of other top performers. Famously known as the “career ladder,” this mentality reduces the complexities of leadership to simply...
Productivity and value
Productivity is being debated anew with the overnight shift to remote work. Without all of the usual metrics managers use to gauge work effort—from specific performance metrics to “bums in seats”—it’s getting harder and harder to tell what the output of our workforce...
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