Several weeks ago, a dozen or so of my colleagues and I came together to enjoy a congenial after-work celebration to share the mundane trials and triumphs of our days over corned beef and seasonal snacks. What we didn’t know was that shortly after, we would be peppered with increasingly distressing pieces of news that
Over the course of the last several weeks, the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has altered nearly everyone’s life in some meaningful way. Local and federal governments have taken rigorous measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus while organizations are also taking steps to protect their employees and customers. Like many organizations, PRADCO has temporarily
Our world is moving quickly, and as leaders, there are times where we feel we can barely keep up. New technologies, changes in regulations, varying customer demands, and the usual myriad of challenges impacting our business occur almost daily. While we spend large amounts of energy focused on these specific challenges, one that often gets
The acquisition process is full of hurdles. If your organization is planning to acquire another one, there are a few questions you need answered. Typically, this process involves determining the other organization’s profitability, how efficiently it’s run, and whether it will be a good deal overall. Through countless acquisition processes, one aspect often gets overlooked:
I felt this was an important topic to do a webinar on. I hear “we’re changing so fast” or “I can’t keep up with the change” or something to that effect when I’m networking with other organizations, or when I’m coaching clients, or in a sales meeting talking to a potential client about their needs.
The phone call has reached my desk many times before. On the other side of the line is a hiring manager or HR colleague who cannot believe what their eyes are seeing; an assessment report for their A+ job candidate that looks more like a C- outcome. “How could this happen?!,” they want to know.
It has been refreshing to see the cultural shift in many departments due to changes at the top levels of leadership. While it has taken a while, more and more Chiefs and Public Safety Directors are realizing that the “command and control” type of leadership that has been prevalent for many years in the safety forces
The saying goes, “the only constant in life is change.” Think about how much change you’ve experienced in the last twenty years. According to Psychology Today, the overall pace of life has increased by 10% worldwide since the mid-90’s. Twenty years ago, we had no idea the iPhone would change the way we interact with
Quality is something we all want to see in job candidates, but when does it become perfectionism? We champion ambition and recruit for it, but when does it become impatience, entitlement, or a warning sign of short tenure? Proactive employees are a prized commodity, but when does taking the initiative become a liability to the
It’s easy to think of our work environment as being somewhat out of our control. Typically management provides us with the tools we need, and in several organizations, they also provide us with the where and when we do our work as well. However, when speaking about the actual experience we have day in and