2017 New Year’s Resolutions – From the Desk of an Executive

By: Jennifer Nietz

I have never been big on resolutions, and I have never really set any personal resolutions for myself.  As I was reflecting on 2016 over the holidays and considering 2017,...

Innovation from Within – Career Pathing

By: Jennifer Nietz

This month’s innovation piece is specifically directed around an important innovation we are bringing to COACT in 2017.  You may have heard of the idea around Career Pathing.  So what...

It Matters Where You Make It

By: Mark Frasco

The other day, I spoke to a group of Canadian business leaders. After my speech, I was invited to facilitate a roundtable discussion on the topic of business strategy and growth....

Get Better, or Get Beaten: The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

By: Mark Frasco

“For U.S. industry, the message is clear. Get better or get beaten.” – a June 8, 1987, Business Week special report on quality In April 2016, three of our COACT leaders...

Y Embrace X?

By: Mark Frasco

I developed my earliest leadership style by mirroring my first managers: those early supervisors at the grocery store where I worked. The work wasn’t deeply meaningful, but made less so...

How to Start a Movement

By: Mark Frasco

My family just completed a European holiday, and one of our stops was Paris. I hadn’t been especially drawn to visit the largest city in France, but when our planning...

What Motivates You? Understanding Personality Types in the Workplace with the DiSC Model

It is important to get the right people on the bus and go in the right direction. Often, however, the bus ride can be challenging. Each individual may be trained...

Action will Delineate and Define You: 2 Mental Models for an Action Planning Process

By: Mark Frasco

“Action will delineate and define you.” –  Thomas Jefferson I just finished reading a biography of our third president, “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,” by Jon Meacham. Ironically, I write...