John McKee
This year is going to be tough. The forecasters are all over the place about the outlook.
Which indicators you use in your planning – economic growth, profit levels, unemployment rates, commodity prices, the value of the dollar, or others – how you see 2010 may be very different from the person right next to you. We are in a period of uncertainty. You can expect to face continual demands on your leadership and management skills. Some leaders will fail; they won’t be up to the demands. Others will shine and may look back on 2010 at a year that really fueled their career trajectory. Read the rest of this entry »
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Groups go through five phases of development: forming, storming, norming, performing, and ending or transforming. The phases usually follow in order, but at times, groups find they must go back to an earlier phase to repeat a process.