February 22, 2015

Interim Executives Can Create Value

The Right Interim for the Job

As businesses work daily to align their products and services to fulfill the needs and expectations of its customers, frequently circumstances surface that initiate corrective or “interim” actions. In most instances, these actions are directed at a specific issue and generally drawn from past experiences. In any event, interim solutions are meant to address, fix and enhance overall customer service thereby creating value for the customer and ultimately the company.   However, when the...Continue reading

By David ShafferPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on February 22, 2015

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February 3, 2015

What’s the Big Picture?

3 Steps to get you and your team up to speed.

When you move into a supervisor or managerial role for the first time, typically you have been doing the work in your business or organization.  You have been making the widgets.  You have been selling the widgets.  You have been supporting the users of the widgets.   As you move into your new role, one skill to learn to help you become even more successful as a leader is to understand “what’s the big picture”.  The more you lead with the big picture in mind,...Continue reading

By Emilie ShoopPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on February 3, 2015

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January 2, 2015

What Are You Focusing On In 2015?

How have you developed as a leader this last year?

Now that 2014 has come to a close and 2015 is upon us, we start to do a lot of planning.  It is also a great time for reflection.  As a new manager, what are you focusing on in 2015?   There are plenty of business areas that you will need to focus on for sure.  How about your leadership skills?  How have you developed as a leader this year?  Did you just take on the role of leader, or have you been at it for a while now?   Reflect on 2014 Take a step back and look...Continue reading

By Emilie ShoopPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on January 2, 2015

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December 15, 2014

Tying Bonus Potential to Personality

4 Steps to Implement & Manage Positive Change in Your Team

There is nothing worse than an employee that drags down a team, but it happens all the time. Actually, there is something worse…a manager that does nothing about it. This is a common problem in the workplace, it affects morale, and although it may not be obvious in short-term results, long-term negative impact is real.   So what can you do about it? Well, you don’t want to “pick” on your employee, especially if they are a top performer; you want them to continue performing...Continue reading

By Lisa WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on December 15, 2014

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December 10, 2014

The Power of Company-Wide Goal Alignment

3 Business Benefits of Setting and Aligning Organizational Goals

If your company is like many other small and mid-sized businesses, your employees represent both your organization's biggest line item expense and your most valuable asset. This means your company's productivity  and its profitability  depend on making sure all of your workers perform up to their full potential.   This is, in essence, the foundation of our mission at Churchill Leadership Group – to share our strengths-based philosophy for leadership, team performance and increasing...Continue reading

By Jayne JenkinsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on December 10, 2014

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December 4, 2014

5 Ways to Stop Making Yourself Miserable in Your Sales Job

Stay in control and make things happen.

Sales work isn’t easy. As a sales coach, I’m sensitive to the inherent struggles of sellers. In an age of economic pressures and empowered buyers, your challenges are significant. It’s difficult and frustrating when you feel you don’t have complete control and the ability to change the circumstances.    There are, however, certain habits and choices you may be making that actually make your job even harder than it has to be. These are things you CAN control. Here are the...Continue reading

By Deb CalvertPosted in Sales & Business Development on December 4, 2014

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December 2, 2014

How to Have a Healthy Conversation

Connecting with others is the lifeblood of getting work done.

With the well-warranted national conversation on good health, it’s time we talk about another area where health is important – our own conversations.  We’ve got obesity on the national scale and bloated conversations in the workplace. We’ve got fillers in our food and fillers in our conversations.  We seek workarounds to what we know contributes to good health (exercise, anyone?) like we seek shortcuts when we converse and omit details required for...Continue reading

By Sherri PetroPosted in Professional Development on December 2, 2014

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November 24, 2014

The Most Important and Most Overlooked Part of Your Job

Three Questions Senior Managers Should be Asking

Senior Managers prepare strategic plans, grow market share, increase profits, innovate, execute, acquire, consolidate and expand in order to build the business.   Shareholders reward senior managers who are successful business builders, as measured by quarterly and annual performance. C-Suite executives (and those who aspire to fill those seats) focus intensely on the bottom line and make decisions to improve short-term profitability.    Building the business all too often becomes an...Continue reading

By Deb CalvertPosted in Management on November 24, 2014

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November 11, 2014

Management Advice From Veterans Who Made The Corporate Transition

Do your part to help our Veterans succeed.

Many private sector companies actively seek out Ex-Military Officers to fill employment opportunities. They hire them into their leadership programs and management positions with a great deal of confidence that they will bring a unique skill set and accelerated management experience to strengthen their organization. These individuals can walk into a leadership or management role, learn quickly, make decisions and move forward with confidence. Their transition, however, can be personally challenging due to...Continue reading

By Dan WoodsPosted in Leadership & Teambuilding on November 11, 2014

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November 4, 2014

A Simple Strategy to Stay Productive and Healthy at Work

You will be amazed at what you can achieve in a working day.

Do you find that your productivity varies from one day to the next? Do you sit down to get stuff done and then next thing you know hours have passed and the most important tasks are still outstanding? Some days I can fly through my tasks fast and then yet other days drag, and I seem to get constantly distracted (often caused by yours truly), leading to a longer “to do” list than when I started!  That was until I discovered the simple and effective Pomodoro Technique®.   Many...Continue reading

By Jayne JenkinsPosted in Professional Development on November 4, 2014

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