by Steve Riege | Jul 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
One of the most truly remarkable business experiences I have ever had was presented to me in the late 1980s. I was invited to participate in a merger and acquisition presentation in New York City. As the deal was broken down into detail, it was clear this would be the...
by Steve Riege | Dec 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Collaboration…Teamwork…Delegation…Job Sharing…Cooperation…Empower…Partnership…Compromise…and the list goes on. What do these words have in common? Potentially they mean – “nothing gets decided”....
by Steve Riege | Nov 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
If you are near to my age, or as Florence Dusty might say, a “baker of my generation”, multi-tasking has a distinct meaning. When you hear someone say they are multi-tasking, you think of a list of several “to-do’s” that you focus on today. Or...
by Steve Riege | Aug 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
One of my clients asked me to help them discover a downward trend in profits at one of their locations. Everything seems to check out, they said. Marketing plans are consistent with our corporate guidelines. Inventory control checks are all green on...
by Steve Riege | Aug 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
We have concluded one of the twelve behaviors of the Rare Leader™ is to be high in “relationships”. The quick response from some people has been…”so what you’re telling me, is that if I don’t like to be around people I can’t lead?” I’ve heard...