Between December 2007, the official start of the current recession, and June 2009 more than 40,000 U.S. organizations held layoffs in an effort to reduce costs, increase profits, and improve shareholder value. Ironically, research over past the twenty years indicates that most layoffs fail to achieve these objectives. In fact, studies show that less than half of the companies that downsize see increases in profits whereas twenty-five percent actually see profits decline. Read More…
Have you had the dreadful experience of presenting a team project proposal to executive management, only to feel at the end that the importance of the proposal fell on deaf ears? Read More…
In our home, my youngest son Ian is working on changing a long-standing behavior. For years, Ian has had difficulty falling asleep on his own. What started as a fear of the dark and noises has turned into a real anxiety about going to bed at night. For a long time, we, as Ians parents, further enabled the behavior by lying down with him until he fell asleep. Well, now Ians parents are tired of this habit, and we are trying to bring about some change in the bedtime routine. Read More…
By Lori Radun
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Posted in Self Improvement
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Also tagged change, coaching, creating change, handling change, managing change, Motivation, personal development, positive change, relationship with change, seeing opportunity, self help, Self Improvement, transitions
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