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Managing Executive Competition to Deliver a Successful Project

Michael Scherer — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 07:00:15 +0000

Managing a complex merger integration and keeping your sponsors and key stakeholders engaged is hard enough. So what are you supposed to do when your sponsors don’t get along with each other? How do you keep the multiple workstreams on…

Reinvention & Resilience in Times of Crisis

Jeremy Lurey — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 05:42:23 +0000

When things are fine, we rarely think about innovation or doing things differently. “We’ve always done it this way,” “it works,” and “business as usual” are the norm during normal times. I don’t define fine as “fine” though. Quite frankly,…

Vacation: The True Sign of a Great Leader

Jeremy Lurey — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:49:23 +0000

As summer quickly comes to a close, I find myself reflecting on the many different leaders I have the privilege of coaching these days. One of whom actually took an extended 4-week vacation this summer, and another who worked her…

The 4 P’s Of Executive Gold

Jeremy Lurey — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:43:29 +0000

Eight years ago, I wrote a blog post entitled “The 4 P’s of Olympic Gold”. The article was inspired by Shaun White’s amazing Gold medal performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Anybody who watched the Men’s Halfpipe competition…

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What To Do about Millennial Mania

Jeremy Lurey — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:32:43 +0000

Let’s be clear. This article is not about what’s wrong with Millennials, how we can get rid of them, or even how we can change them. I’ve stayed out of the Millennial fray for years now because I don’t think…

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Recruiting & Retaining Workforce America’s Top Talent in 2018

Jeremy Lurey — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:34:28 +0000

With unemployment rates falling across the United States since the tail end of the Great Recession, recruitment and retention of top talent has become a critical issue for many business leaders. Unemployment in nearly all our 50 States is under…

Seven Ways Great Leaders Overcome Setbacks & Build Resiliency

Jeremy Lurey — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 17:56:04 +0000

Have you ever tried to force yourself back into the swing of things after a setback? I’ve experienced plenty of setbacks – what I’ve come to call “woe is me moments” – in my life. Almost every leader does from…

CliffsNotes Guide To Managing the Ones Who Used To Be Your Peers

Jeremy Lurey — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:00:12 +0000

I still remember the first time I was promoted into a senior leadership position and all of a sudden had a couple of my best friends reporting to me. Weird, awkward, difficult, and challenging are all words that immediately come…

So How Do You Manage People You Never (or Even Rarely) See?

Jeremy Lurey — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:14:03 +0000

You don’t! OK, that’s sort of a trick question because I don’t believe in managing people per se. In my experience, management is all about planning, budgeting, directing, and controlling work efforts. Leadership, on the other hand, is more about…

Taking a Break to Recharge: An Organizational Imperative for a Sustainable Future

Jeremy Lurey — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:47:18 +0000

Summer has quickly come and gone again, so it must be time to dig in and get back to work, right? Wrong! In today’s fast-paced, ever-changing business environment, business leaders must continually make “getting away” an organizational imperative to ensure…