Tag Archives: management

How Do You Know You’re Not Producing Crap?

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Debra Yearwood

What would you do if you found out that your best practices had become your worst practices? Would you stop doing them? Most of us would probably say yes, but its not that easy is it? If we could stop when … Continue reading →

Posted in Management | Tagged Behavior, Best practice, Brainstorming, Business, leadership, management, Psychology, Psychology Today | 26 Comments

We Are Built For Change

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Debra Yearwood

When you work in the health sector, you know that something new is always around the corner. When you do communications in the health sector, you’d be lucky to get to the corner without something changing. Change is not just … Continue reading →

Posted in Internal Communications, Management | Tagged Brain, Business, Change management, Harvard Business School, management, Organizational Change, Sense of Urgency | 32 Comments

Surprises at Work

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Debra Yearwood

I once had a boss who loved to sabotage meetings. It wasn’t a question of him not liking his staff or even disliking meetings. It was more that he didn’t want people to enter into discussions with their minds already … Continue reading →

Posted in Communications, Internal Communications, Management | Tagged communications, Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Management, management, meetings | 30 Comments

Does Being A Lefty Or A Righty Make You A Better Boss?

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Debra Yearwood

Are you a right brain thinker or do you use your left brain? Which do you think makes you a better leader? My book club is currently reading Daniel H. Pink’s book, “A Whole New Mind”. The book explores the … Continue reading →

Posted in Management, public relations | Tagged Brain, Business, Daniel, Daniel H. Pink, Daniel Pink, Education and Training, leadership, management | 35 Comments

Rather Have a Conversation or a Meeting?

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Debra Yearwood

Ever had a project introduced in a meeting and thought, “What are these guys smoking? That will never work.” Did you stay silent and subsequently watch the same project move forward with disastrous results? Did you ever have a great … Continue reading →

Posted in Internal Communications, Management, public relations | Tagged audience, communications, Conversation, management, meetings, messages | 47 Comments

Silence is Deadly

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Debra Yearwood

In 1986 the Challenger Space Shuttle lifted off the ground with millions of onlookers from the world over watching in awe. When it exploded 73 seconds later, those same viewers stared in shocked disbelief. Those who witnessed this horrifying incident … Continue reading →

Posted in Communications, Internal Communications, Management | Tagged communicate, communications, language, management, miscommunication, relationships, Social Sciences, work | 4 Comments

Does Working From Home or the Office Really Matter?

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Debra Yearwood

There have been a few articles, to say the least, on Yahoo C.E.O. Marissa Mayer’s decision to ban all working from home for all Yahoo employees. Following her earth shattering announcement was a series of, “She had to do it” … Continue reading →