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 By Steve McKinney. President
McKinney Consulting Inc.
Every New Year brings to your memory new beginnings.  New ideas pop into your mind that you have not implemented. Second chances are given to people and programs that did not perform up to your expectations. Additional energy is directed at your core competencies.
Primarily you are defined by your ability to execute and deliver on your core competencies. As a leader you “stand for something or fall for anything.”
What can we learn from a 19th century “fictional” country boy about professional management? Do your employees or team members beg to be allowed to work each day? Do you want them to? Imagine what that would do to your career. Read on!
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By Steven B. McKinney, McKinney Consulting, Inc.
Perhaps during this season of harvest and thanksgiving we should think a little less about ourselves and a bit more of others. During this month's newsletter we would like to highlight a wonderful organization, the Seoul International Women’s Association, which has been doing a lot of charity work for the last 30 years.
The Seoul International Women’s Association (SIWA) together with the diplomatic community has hosted a fundraising bazaar for 30 years, raising 260 million KRW in 2008 alone. This year the bazaar will be held on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at the Grand Hilton Hotel and will be one of the largest annual fundraising events in Korea , at which business people will also have the opportunity to network with the international and diplomatic community in Seoul. read on |
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Guest Columnist: Rodney J. Johnson, President Prescient Consulting Inc.
Trust is a word we commonly use and think we understand. We think of it as a simple concept, and speak of how important it is to us. However, that doesn't mean that we truly appreciate trust for what it is, how it is gained, how it is lost, and what we can do in our everyday lives to make use of it. Trust is something we want to receive and something we want to give. It is no strange thing then, that we only give full trust to those we have direct knowledge of. Since we trust those we know well more than those we don't, and our goal is to be trusted, then our mission should be to ensure everyone knows us well. We've all heard about how trust is the grease of civil  society, the invisible ink of the social contract. Society has even created various tools (contracts, credentials, references) to solidify the benefits of it. If we can trust, things can happen. If we can't, we either have to get what we want on our own or go without. We do make contracts, which we think will give weight to our trust, but don't even make those contracts with those we can't trust. Trust speeds things up. It allows for more rapid decision making and more decisive action once things are settled. The trusted man gets the job. Read On |
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