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Enhancing Your Employee’s Life-Cycle Experience To Achieve Peak Performance

Jeremy Lurey — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 19:28:14 +0000

In today’s tight labor market with historic levels of low unemployment throughout the U.S., it is imperative for businesses to hire the best people – and keep them! But how do you do that when so few people are looking…

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…

Leading Organizational Change Instead of Trying To Manage It!

Jeremy Lurey — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:09:30 +0000

For more than 20 years now, I’ve been leading all kinds of change efforts in all kinds of organizations. New CEOs and business leaders with new visions or strategic objectives. Merger integration between two previously separate companies. Technology implementation to…

Understanding Why We Hire So Fast & Fire So Slow

Jeremy Lurey — Thu, 03 May 2018 17:42:58 +0000

I participated in a leadership workshop for other CEOs and business owners several years ago, and the speaker shared one poignant remark that has stuck with me ever since! In many organizations, we have a tendency to hire very fast…

Achieving Excellence with Email Communication

Jeremy Lurey — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 17:59:52 +0000

When I wrote my doctoral dissertation 20 years ago, I researched a variety of different tools to enhance virtual teaming and communications within and across companies. Email was already the most prevalent form of communication and information sharing back then,…

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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Eight Strategies To Create Your Always, Ongoing Performance Management Process

Jeremy Lurey — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 17:08:11 +0000

Did you just complete your annual performance reviews at the end of the year? If so, congratulations! No? Then, that probably means you’re still dreading it’s that time of the year! How often have you heard a business leader grimace…

The Pros & Cons of Virtual Teaming – Part II: The Pros

Jeremy Lurey — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 21:45:28 +0000

Creating a high-performing team that can achieve its strategic objectives can be quite challenging. Creating a high-performing virtual team that can achieve its strategic objectives is, unfortunately, still proving to be nearly impossible for many business leaders! I recently led…

The Myth of Multi-Tasking: Learning to Reprioritize and Just Say “No”

Jeremy Lurey — Tue, 31 May 2011 18:10:43 +0000

Remember when you were young and it was a challenge to pat your head and rub your belly at the same time? Remember how after some practice you’d be able to clumsily perform this feat for a minute or two? …

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…