by Jane Adamson | Sep 27, 2011 | Guest post
You know the one. It’s the difficult conversation you need to have with an employee who isn’t doing the job, or causing a problem, or doesn’t play well with others. The one that keeps you up at night and causes your stomach to feel like the butterflies inside you are...
by Jane Adamson | May 20, 2011 | Culture, Guest post
A note from Rick McPartlin This post is the first of many guest posts we’ll begin publishing for the CEO Challenge. As we announced yesterday, Jane has launched Sherpa Advisory and will focus on guiding companies with 25-500 employees to achieve excellence in...
by Jane Adamson | Feb 1, 2011 | Revenue Growth
A few weeks ago we paused to remember Martin Luther King Jr. One of the things he said, about half a lifetime ago: “We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum...
by Jane Adamson | Jan 4, 2011 | Culture
Happy New Year, Challenge readers! We hope you’ve enjoyed a wonderful holiday season and that your team is invigorated to achieve the company goals you’ve set for 2011. (Not finished with the planning process? Check out this article.) It’s easy to be confident that...
by Jane Adamson | Dec 7, 2010 | Strategy
2010 has been the year of the great stall. The world marketplace has shifted dramatically, and our society can’t stop talking, reading, and writing about it. Yet many of us haven’t gone much further than talk. We haven’t done anything yet. The decisions, changes, and...
