by Bill Bliss | Apr 13, 2021 | Communication, Uncategorized
Recently, I was meeting with a client and his four-person leadership team. The client, Jim, has owned this business for 30 years, has seen up times and downtimes, been through recessions and booms. Now, he is ready to move on and some of the leaders want to buy the...
by Bill Bliss | Nov 7, 2018 | Communication
This was a very interesting week for me. Actually, it was the culmination of observing a consistently common element at play over the course of many weeks. Both the clients I have been working with and many of their employees I have spoken to have expressed a common...
by Bill Bliss | Oct 17, 2018 | Teams, Uncategorized
You have heard about the importance of employee engagement. You have also heard “People don’t leave organizations, they leave relationships,” a sentiment that reflects the important connection between an employee and their immediate boss. Gallup research indicates...
by Bill Bliss | Oct 3, 2018 | Teams, Uncategorized
You may have heard the expression “Teamwork makes the dream work.” A fully capable, high- performing, connected and healthy team can make a measurable difference in the results you achieve as a leader. Oftentimes, one is too small a number to achieve greatness or to...
by Bill Bliss | Sep 5, 2018 | Teams
Recently, I was with a client who was lamenting the condition of the manufacturing operation within his organization. He commented they had almost 60 orders which were on the backlog list. For some reason, this organization who prides themselves on fulfilling orders...
by Bill Bliss | Jul 12, 2018 | Teams
Later this week I will be meeting with my client Jim, the General Manager of a $300M business, to help ensure one of his direct reports, Mike, knows the expectations for the key role he’s been given. For the past several months, Mike has been saying all...
