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SEPTEMBER 2022 | DEI Impacts Us All
“Mom, I’m having a panic attack.” is a text I recently received from my daughter, Lily, during her first month of college. What prompted it? She struck up a conversation with a student in the dorm elevator and asked him, “Where are you from?” To Lily, it was friendly question. To Lily’s new friends, however, it was not and they immediately judged her and her question. READ MORE
AUGUST 2022 | DEI is the New Growth Strategy
JULY 2022 | WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN?
JUNE 2022 | THE BIRKMAN: AKA BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT ON STEROIDS
MAY 2022 | ARE YOU GROWING OR SCALING?
MARCH 2022 | THE #1 STRATEGIC PRIORITY RIGHT NOW
JANUARY 2022 | A NEW YEAR FOR DREAMING
NOVEMBER 2021 | SETBACK AND SUCCESS: IT'S ALL ABOUT PERSPECTIVE
SEPTEMBER 2021 | STRETCH THINKING
In this issue: How can I help? Stretch Healthy Leader Chuck Lipp, Stretch Your Impact virtual training, September 14 leadership webinar READ MORE
JUNE 2021 | STRETCH THINKING
In this issue: Engaging the multigenerational workforce. Stretch Healthy Leader Grant Mitchell. June 15 webinar. Update on Strategic Planning Bootcamp. READ MORE
APR. 2021 |STRETCH THINKING
In this issue: Guide Not Give. Stretch Healthy Leader Chris Butcher. Career4Me Offer. April 20 Stretch webinar and Strategic Planning Bootcamp. READ MORE
FEB. 2021 | STRETCH THINKING
How Strategic Planning helps build high-performance teams… READ MORE
APRIL 2022 | SPRING TRAINING... NOT JUST FOR BASEBALL
FEBRUARY 2022 | THE GREAT RESIGNATION
DECEMBER 2021 | IMAGINE YOUR LIFE IN 3 YEARS...
OCTOBER 2021 | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OR CHIEF ENERGY OFFICER - WHICH ARE YOU?
JULY 2021 | STRETCH THINKING
In this issue: How many keys can you play with? Stretch Healthy Leader Amy Baker. August 17 webinar. NEW Mastermind Program. Birkman Method. READ MORE
MAY 2021 | STRETCH THINKING
In this issue: Hiring & Retaining Staff. Stretch Healthy Leader Steve Olson. The Value of Birkman. June 15 webinar. Update on Strategic Planning Bootcamp. READ MORE
MAR. 2021 | HOW TO LEAD IMPACTFUL ONE-TO-ONES
In this issue: Team performance sets the pace for one-to-ones. Stretch Healthy Leader Jack Albrecht. Upcoming Stretch webinars. READ MORE
JAN. 2021 | STRETCH THINKING
In this issue: How Strategic Planning helps build high-performance teams. Stretch Healthy Leader Barb Yearout. Upcoming Stretch webinars.. READ MORE
THE WINEINGER COMPANY BLOG
The Validity of Hiring
Peter Drucker, in his widely esteemed book The Essential Drucker, wrote in 2001 that “Executives spend more time on managing people and making decisions than on anything else, and they should. No other decisions are so long lasting in their consequences or so...
The Cost of Bad Hiring
Recruiting and hiring employees can be the most important work that a leader does. Current statistics show that a bad hire can cost a company from 4 to 20 times that position’s annual salary. Take a moment to do the actual math for the average salary in your...
Executive Coaching, Life Coaching, Career Coaching, Oh My!
We're living in a day when how-to's and "expert advice" are bombarding us everywhere we turn! How is it that everyone is suddenly an exert? How do we know if we should engage a professional business coach, and how on earth do we find a legitimately good one? If you're...
Is your Organization Achieving Optimal Organizational Productivity?
With a clear organizational layout, employees at all levels of the company are able to take ownership of their work and maximize their productivity. An effective organizational structure utilizes talent, enables healthy growth from conflict, and maps out a clear path...
Conflict Management Suggestions: A Procedure for Managing Conflict
Conflict Management Suggestion Sheet: A Procedure for Managing Conflict The following procedure has been shown to be helpful in managing conflict in an organizational setting: Do not ignore something that bothers you. Work on the issue involved before the situation...
Successful People Are Not Daunted By Conflict
By: Amy Shepley "10 things By Which Successful People Are Not Daunted". This was the title of an interesting article I saw recently on Forbes.com. One item on the list really stood out to me: “Successful people are not daunted by conflict. Conflict is the currency of...
Morning Rituals
As a night owl and non-morning person, I’ve always felt a bit like a slacker because I don’t bounce out of bed and run 5 miles before meditating, breakfast, writing thank you notes, gratitude journaling, and doing a load of laundry. I’ve been known to have a...
Mastering Time Management
Do you have a reputation for being late? Or maybe you feel like you struggle just to keep up and get places feeling prepared? The first step to being a good time manager, is recognizing that time is more than just 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, etc....
Dealing with Distraction
A NEW RHYTHM If you are working on a process of getting and being better in the areas of your life that are most important to you, it's important to first make space in your current way of life. Adding on to your schedule is not a pathway to success. Replacing old way...
3 Steps to Create a Strategic Plan for 2017
"Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now" ~Alan Lakein At The Wineinger Company, strategic planning is a huge part of what we do. Whether it's one on one career coaching, or corporate training, we could not guide our...
9 Reasons a Career Coach IS For You
Are you happy with your current career? If you are, do you have a plan to keep it on track? No matter where you are in your career (or career planning process), you can most likely benefit from a Career Coach. Here's why: Establish clear goals and a plan of action. A...
Are You Wired For Strategic Planning?
Birkman and Strategy Another key element in our Back to School and Work season is our ability to use Strategic Planning to accomplish our goals. Have you ever wondered how you are wired for Strategic Planning? With the Birkman tool, we don’t have a specific...
Samples of Strategic Plans
Strategic planning involves vision, mission, and out-of-the-box thinking. It defines where you are heading. Just as a blueprint maps out how to build something, your Strategic Plan is the schematic for how to accomplish your dreams and vision. It displays the...
4 Great Online Resources for Career-Seekers
In order to put (or keep) your career on track, it's important to know what's out there, and how you're doing in your field. Here a few online resources for career seekers that you may not know exist. 1....
How To Know When You Have Been “Triggered”
Self awareness leads to self management which leads to leading others and helping them become self aware. And the cycle continues. When you have been triggered here are behaviors to recognize based on Birkman behavioral colors: Here at The Wineinger Company, we are...
Understanding Why We Procrastinate
Self Awareness is a key aspect of Procrastination. Understanding why you procrastinate is the first step in moving forward. Is procrastination a vague and mysterious force that keeps you from completing the necessary and important tasks in your life? In 1997, A Case...
6 Tips for Managing your “Triggers”
“Triggers” are things in our life which cause us to have our emotional levels heightened. A journey into self-awareness will take us to the area of Emotional Triggers. “Triggers” are things in our life which cause us to have our emotional levels heightened....
Self-Awareness: The Gateway to Self-Management and Successful Leadership
Let's talk about Self-Awareness. Some may call it emotional intelligence, and others may refer to “People Skills”. What is Self Awareness? Maslow refers to Self Esteem as having confidence, a drive for achievement, respect for others and respect by others. When...
9 Strategies to Become a Fantastic Listener
Here's an insightful article with some great tips for improving your listening skills that we wanted to share with you: by JOHN STOKER | LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Not long ago I was reflecting on a conversation that I had with my spouse. I thought that I had not been...
7 Strategies for Connecting & Building Trust
In coaching people on how to work well with others I often have to remind people that “bonding "and connecting with other people is so important in building trust and relationships. I am personally wired to get right down to business. I have learned over the years,...
The 4 Colors of Vacation
What Kind of Vacation Suits Your Personality? If you've taken the Birkman Assessment, then you know where you scored in the Birkman Lifestyle Grid. If you haven't taken the Birkman, you can probably still guess which quadrant most reflects your personality. Check out...
How To Discover Your Perfect Vacation
Do you think of a vacation as a time to rest, sit on the beach, read a book and watch the birds fly by overhead? Or do you think of summer fun as sunrise 20 mile bike rides, beach volleyball, wave runners, and an evening jog? Years ago I went on vacation with a group...
Conflict Management: Developing a Procedure
Stress: Conflict Management, Developing a Procedure Use the following exercise to guide your team in developing a conflict management procedure. Goals: To acquaint the team members with some guidelines for resolving conflict with another person by giving useful...
Birkman Components: Component Combinations/ Competition
Component Combinations / Competition Components Chart The Birkman Components offer insight into a person’s behavior and motivations. Individually, the Components are very descriptive of individual’s Usual and Stress behavior, as well as their Needs. However, people do...
5 Interview Success Strategies that Work
Check out this great article by Wendy S. Enlow of one of our affiliate organizations, Career Thought Leaders! By Wendy S. Enelow, CCM, MRW, JCTC, CPRW Enelow Enterprises, Inc. Can you think of a more stressful situation than an interview? Companies want to hire...
30 Simple Ways to Relax this Summer
Summer is a busy time, especially if you are a hard working professional. Just remember that it is important to plan some downtime this summer. It keeps you refreshed, and has a way of keeping things in perspective when we take time out of our busy schedules to stop...
The human brain is only 10% functional, at best
Einstein is noted for saying that we only use 10% of our brains. In my study of Neurolinguistic Programing, we were taught to understand the space between what the mind is aware of knowing and the magnitude of what the brain is capable of doing. Think about it this...
The Birkman: Preferred Work Styles
Preferred Work Styles Management Styles Management Scores An important point to remember about the Management Scores is that Birkman does not measure skill or aptitude in any way. This means that a high score on a Management Style does not necessarily mean the person...
Birkman Components: Freedom
Components: Freedom Freedom What does Birkman mean by Freedom? The Need for Freedom with respect to Personal Independence Independence of thought and behavior. Conventional vs. Independent FREEDOM addresses independence of thought and behavior. High scores reflect...
Relating Birkman Components To Common Issues
Relating Birkman Components To Common Issues