Rowley Associates

Do you know what people are saying about you? (0)

Spot the link. Toyota; Tiger Woods; JetBlue; basketball superstar Kobe Bryant; Goldman Sachs; and the SEC. These are just some of the more high profile names caught up in scandals impacting their brand. In a recent edition of the Economist, the reporter Schumpeter describes the growing number of companies that spend time in ‘brand rehab’. [...]

The Marshmallow Challenge and Team Collaboration (0)

A great description by Tom Wujecof of Autodesk of what it takes to perform at the highest level, or why kindergarten kids top MBA’s. In a nutshell, specialized skills – ego + facilitation x incentives = success.

To take the marshmallow challenge click here.

Report Card: Stressed, Burnt-Out or Problem Solving? (0)

“The graveyards are full of people who thought they were indispensible” – Old Yorkshire saying.
How are you coping with stress – take the COPE to identify which coping strategies you use.
It’s a few weeks to New Year’s but as 2009 comes to a close I figure it’s never too late to do a mental health [...]

Leaders on the Couch – Introduction (0)

This month we start a new series where we put famous, and some infamous leaders on the ‘Leadership Therapy Couch’. First up Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey; Aung San Suu, Nobel Peace Prize winner and political activist; Al ‘Chainsaw’ Dunlap, Corporate raider; and Bill Bernbach, co-founder of DDB Ad Agency. You’ll have the [...]