Kurt Blazek

Kurt Blazek

TBC Announces Significant Enhancements to its TruScore® Survey Portal

The Booth Company (TBC), an international provider of 360 feedback assessments and survey hosting solutions announces the release of a new survey portal, designed to significantly enhance the user experience and simplify the completion of an assessment survey. The new portal is mobile device/tablet friendly and will allow users to navigate through a leadership survey quickly and efficiently. Automated features make it easy to invite raters, send reminder notifications, set goals and view reports as part of an organizational plan for ongoing improvement and leadership development.

How to be a Happier Boss

Happiness is often an emotion that is taken for granted. Managers, in particular, are not usually the happiest people in the workforce, especially because it’s hard to be completely satisfied as the boss. After all, the more pleased you are,…

Two Words to Motivate your Employees

News about jobs and the economy changes on a day-to-day basis, but the reality is we’re still living in somewhat difficult times, and as result employee perks have been reduced or cut to help save costs. So in essence many…

Leaders Need to Take Risks

Some people are born risk takers. Others simply play it safe. When it comes to leadership, however, risk-taking should come with the territory. Why is risk-taking an important principle of leadership? Before we answer that question, let me give you…

Finding the ROI of 360 Feedback

360 Feedback ROI

In the current era of layoffs, mergers, acquisitions, and budget cuts companies were quick to implement spending cuts across the board to solve short-term spending issues.

Nevertheless, companies cannot afford to ignore that the global business climate is increasingly challenging and more competitive than ever. And it is no secret that long-term competiveness lies in a company’s leadership.

To help leaders grow and fulfill their roles as efficiently as possible many companies have a renewed focus on leadership development, according to a poll by the Southern Methodist University Cox Executive Education.

The poll of about 100 corporate HR practitioners and leaders reveals that nearly all (98 percent) anticipate maintaining current levels or modestly increasing spending on management training in 2012.

Leaders must stay cool under pressure

Effective communication skills will always be crucial for leaders. However, some leaders might not realize how the timing of their decisions is just as important as the message they communicate. Leaders are called on to make decisions in a timely…

Are you truly self aware?

Self-awareness is a complicated skill for just about everyone. You might think you have a wonderful sense of humor, but your wife begs to differ. And you probably assume you’re doing the best job you can as the leader of…