by NRI Admin | Jul 24, 2015 | Leadership Insights, Uncategorised
If you live in America, you’re familiar with the question: “What do you do?” It’s often one of the first questions we get asked because in the US, we’re obsessed with people’s jobs. Most of us mean well when we ask this question. We ask because we’re trying to find a...
by NRI Admin | Jun 8, 2015 | Leadership Insights, Uncategorised
A recent article on the Chicago Blackhawks highlighted star player and team captain Jonathan Toews. In the last seven years, Toews has captained a winning locker room, with five trips for the Blackhawks to the Western Conference Finals and two Stanley Cup...
by NRI Admin | May 21, 2015 | Leadership Insights, Uncategorised
For many of us, our earliest memories of Memorial Day are of a hometown parade, marching bands, picnics, and evening fireworks. It wasn’t until we grew older that we learned to appreciate the sacrifices made by those groups of veterans – some with bodies bent and...
by NRI Admin | Apr 22, 2015 | Leadership Insights, Uncategorised
I’ve been lucky to meet so many remarkable people in my life who inspire me both personally and professionally. And while the leaders I admire (and have been inspired by) each have their own unique style, talent, and viewpoint, I find they are similar in some of the...
by NRI Admin | Mar 10, 2015 | Leadership Insights, Uncategorised
Attend any conference on leadership and it is obvious that today’s business leaders mirror the multi-generational mix of today’s workforce. This diversity presents new challenges for the workplace and for leadership because what motivates employee engagement, their...
by NRI Admin | Dec 3, 2014 | Leadership Insights, Uncategorised
“The times, they are a’changing…” The business world has seen a great deal of change in the last decade. Once characterized by a vertical, siloed environment driven by top-down leadership, and a cult of personality, these days, the talk is less about powerful people...