Today we are going to talk about something near and dear to my heart – an area of risk management. As an old project manager I am looking for ways to minimize risk to protect myself and my business or team. This is an area some may not normally thing about as risk management – […]
Business Identity
Business Identity How do you know if you have a business identity crisis? How bad would it be if you did? Learn more in this edition of Radiant Cast. How do you think your customer feels when talking to your employees and they get different responses in either real answers or even in tone
Business Trust in Disagreements
Is trust REALLY that important in the business environment? Can an organization perform whether it is there or not? Can a business grow? What would it look like in my team? And how do we know if or when we have it?
Launch – Radiant Cast
Thank you for downloading and listening to Radiant Professional Services’ inaugural podcast – Radiant Cast. We cast a light on some of the challenges and pitfalls of business execution. Whether you are a business owner, business leader, manager or just someone who wants to climb the professional ladder – this podcast equips people with the […]
Full of Hot Air
There is a great story that demonstrates the fragile nature of communication. The utility of this story is that it has been told many dozens of ways substituting political parties, various career types, schools and so forth in its punch line. You may have your favorite personalities, and that is part of what makes it […]
Ball Field Lessons in Listening
It is the simple things in life that can carry some terrific examples of human processes. To understand how to be a better listener, for instance, we learn volumes from attending to a baseball game and watching the catcher. Sometimes thought of as a boring job, the catcher’s typical posture is squatting behind home plate […]
Email Time Management “Trick”
Companies and professionals live by the email box these days. The requests for information, the updates and requirements, the purchase orders and endless questions; they fill your box seemingly as quickly as you can clear them. There is no magic bullet for clearing the email box. The tools like spam filters are a mixed bag […]
Better Office Politics
One of the big complaints I know of for the business world in general and levied at individual companies is that of the prevalence of office Politics. As someone who talks frequently to professionals in transition and to small business owners, I hear regularly the complaint in one form or another. “The problem with small […]
Business Review – Was 2014 All It Could Have Been?
With 2014 winding down, the busy-ness of the holidays varies by your role and work style in business. The typical employees (except in retail) are busy planning the holidays and looking forward to vacations. They are probably seeing slower responses from emails and counting days until their time-off start. Business leaders are undoubtedly taking a […]
High Performance Business Tires
The Business Wheel The metaphor of the wheel of industry is nothing new. It is a staple because it is so apt and describing the motion and industrious of the business activity. Perhaps it also is used to remove the face of business as a mechanical effort not a human one. Nonetheless, the wheel is […]