Latest Blog Posts for Giana Consulting

• RISK AHEAD
  on Jun 14, 2011
    In the first few months that my husband and were dating, we attended a retreat together.  At one point in the weekend we were given a poem, and asked to read it to everyone in attendance.  Several months later I made a copy of...
• People are not toothpaste tubes.
  on May 31, 2011
  “The world is crying out for leaders who build up, nurture & enhance; rather than tear down, exploit and dominate.”  Laurie Beth Jones  As the recession gained momentum, I heard an analogy from a manager about how a tube of toothpa...
• Discover THE Solution
  on May 16, 2011
   In the book First Break All The Rules, Marcus Buckingham & Curt Coffman stress that customers seek 4 things:  “Accuracy, Availability, PARTNERSHIP & ADVICE.”   As a young manager, I found a great d...
• The Heart of a Leader
  on Apr 30, 2011
   “Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.”  C.S. Lewis  I love this photo of the Lion.  It is such a strong visual of traits I admire in leaders.  Strong, Confident, P...
• Organizational Wholeness... Putting the pieces together
  on Apr 25, 2011
    It is 2011 and most organizations are feeling intense pressure to cut budgets, maintain programming, keep morale up, and improve results.  …Across the board from government agencies to non-profits and from educators to business com...
• Together you stand, Divided you fall
  on Apr 25, 2011
    “Together you stand, Divided you fall.”  Ancient Greeks, John Dickson, Patrick Henry  This saying first captured my attention after watching the movie We Were Soldiers.  In battle soldiers have been prepared to th...
• You can't have an omelet without first breaking the eggs
  on Apr 25, 2011
   My Grandfather was a WWII Battle of the Bulge Veteran and although his nature was to accept whatever life handed him and to move on, the memories of the brokenness & devastation that the war created left a shadow of questions that haunted h...
• A Lesson in Leadership From the Gardens at Versailles
  on Apr 25, 2011
  Have you ever been in a situation where a titled leader appeared to be genuinely sincere and compassionate?  And later you realized that throughout the organization people were asking if that leader could be trusted, if they knew what was going...
• History isn't history unless...
  on Nov 27, 2010
  "History isn't history unless it is the truth."  Abraham Lincoln...

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