Tag: John Langhorne
Examining attitudes, perceptions and actions
By John Langhorne / Guest Editorial
In a recent meeting with a group of people, we moved through a series of self-perception exercises designed to...
Advice for a fine career and life
By John Langhorne / Guest Editorial
Recently, I had the opportunity to teach an MBA class titled "Human Behavior in Organizations" for an Eastern Iowa...
Want productivity? Get people involved
By John Langhorne/Consulting
When I started consulting, it was called participation, then it was called involvement, later it was empowerment and today it’s engagement; it’s...
A personal model of professional leadership
By John Langhorne/Consulting
Not-so-many years ago, I was at a professional meeting and an academic who had been studying leadership for more than 35 years...
Six steps to tune your personal performance
By John Langhorne/Consulting
January is over, so much for all those New Year’s resolutions, except those you didn’t tell anyone about, more about that later. Consider the following key...
Navigating the changing social landscape
By John Langhorne/Consulting
When historians review the social changes in the United State at this end of this century, one of the top five probably...
The power of succession
By John Langhorne/Consulting
Ruminating about 28 years of consulting with organizations of all types, I noticed an interesting fact. With one exception, I have never...
A story of American immigration, hope
John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls
When I was a small boy, I knew an old lady who was a close family friend.
Many years later, returning home...
In life, it is not the elephants
John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls
Every time a person with an automatic weapon kills several people in some public venue a colleague or client asks me “Are we getting...
Performance reviews: getting it right
John Langhorne/Tree Full of Owls
Archimedes said “give me a long enough lever and I can move the world.” Some years ago, I visited with...