Germane Insights Blog

Gender on Mars & Venus, the Sequel

MAN RULES

WE ARE MEN.

THESE ARE OUR RULES!

PLEASE NOTE.. THESE ARE ALL NUMBERED ‘1 ‘ ON PURPOSE

October 21, 2009 2 Comments

Your Biggest Market Opportunity – Right Here, Right Now

Learn where your biggest market opportunity exists and how to position your company to win. Forbes, Time and Harvard Business Review have written about women as the biggest and most ignored market segment – two times larger than India and China combined. Attendees will learn key principles for succeeding in this market.

October 19, 2009 No Comments

Leading From The Ledge

I don’t like looking over the edge of a cliff. I don’t even look at others when they do it. Makes my stomach flip. So our eight day white water rafting trip in the Grand Canyon was not only beautiful and challenging. It was downright (punny) terrifying at times, but it is where I learned great lessons about leading fear and that donkeys can be smarter than humans. First, the donkeys.

October 10, 2009 2 Comments

Pigs and Garbage – A Systems Thinking Tale

Kill all the pigs. This decree was ordered and carried out by government officials in Egypt to prevent a swine flu epidemic. The decision failed to consider the informal socio-cultural system of garbage disposal nor did it prepare the masses to deal with the consequences of this change. As a result, the streets of Cairo are overflowing with garbage, and the government is dealing with massive environmental, social and political issues.

September 21, 2009 5 Comments

Welcome to Our Insight

Welcome to Germane’s content rich web site. I believe in generously sharing experiences, ideas, insight and wisdom that make the world of work a better

September 9, 2009 2 Comments

Where's the Vision in Supervision

All leaders from front line managers to CEOs are supervisors. Supervision is commonly referred to as overseeing another person’s work. Suppose, however, it means to

September 1, 2009 3 Comments

Avoiding the High Cost of Executive Mis-Fits

“Executives are hired on experience and fired on personality.” This well known phrase in the executive search business sums up years of collective experience and the prevailing findings from executive derailment research. Estimates of the financial cost of a single failed manager range from $1,000,000 to 2,700,000. The good news is that there are ways to predict and avoid hiring a poor fit as well as being alert to and addressing early warning signs of problems.

August 21, 2009 4 Comments