Category : Guest Blogs
by Atif Ansari | Jul 22, 2024
For manufacturing CEOs and business owners, optimizing both revenues and margins is critical for sustaining profitability and growth. Price-Volume-Mix (PVM) analysis is a powerful tool that breaks down financial performance into price, volume, and mix variances,...
by Deborah Jann | Jul 12, 2024
Power Up Your Empathy Effective managers are good at using empathy and being sensitive to how people feel and why they feel the way they do. ‘Tune into’ and ’read’ the feelings and emotions being shared during a conversation. Make Relevant Decisions Effective managers...
by Dr. Brett Richards | May 24, 2024
Research has shown that an organization’s culture is linked to its performance. James Heskett and John Kotter, in their book, Corporate Culture and Performance, make a compelling case. They demonstrate that organizational cultures that facilitate adaptation to a...
by Shawn Casemore | Apr 24, 2024
When I was selling cars in my early twenties, I was one of four salespeople at our dealership. We took turns meeting new customers who arrived at the dealership. However, because I was the junior guy, most often customers already knew a salesperson, and I received...
by Dr. Brett Richards | Apr 10, 2024
Written by: Brett Richards, PhD President, Connective Intelligence Inc. Emotions Influence Behaviour Research shows that emotions influence behaviour. Our emotional intelligence – how we use our emotional and social skills – affects our actions, our...
by Dr. Brett Richards | Mar 22, 2024
We’re excited at Connective Intelligence to sponsor an organization where members focus on growth through innovation. While researching organizational systems for my doctoral thesis, I developed a method of assessing an organization’s mindset to quantify and improve...