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Tap into the insights of a seasoned business consultant who’s walked in the shoes of CEOs. Greg Bustin has worked with executives from companies of all sizes in dozens of industries. He has led more than 150 sessions as a strategic planning facilitator, run nearly 200 leadership development workshops throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe, and conducted more than 1,600 executive coaching sessions with senior executives. Let Greg’s wisdom and “Tough Love” insights inspire you to improve performance and own your future.

How Are You Doing?

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Think back 137 days to New Year’s Eve.

Even if you didn’t purposefully say or write down a couple of things you wanted to accomplish in 2012, you at least figured that somehow, some way you’d make the New Year a better one than the last.

Well, as of today, more than one-third of 2012 is now behind you.

How are you doing?

What have you accomplished? What dreams have you set aside as the hurly-burly of life has distracted you from your purpose?

Maybe you need an accountability partner to help you finish 2012 strong. What are you waiting for?  click here for more...

3 Rules of Accountability

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

When you don’t get the results you want, the three most likely reasons start with you.

The #1 rule to achieve accountability is that the expectations must be clear. If you’re not getting the results you want, ask yourself how clearly and specifically you communicated what you wanted done and when you wanted it.  click here for more...

The Dirty Work of Double Agents

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

In your battle of the bottom line, there are double agents inside your organization working against you.

These modern-day Benedict Arnolds are undermining organizational and individual effectiveness.

And like any savvy double agent, the ones inside your organization can be hard to spot. That’s why I provided clues in last month’s bulletin to help you identify these saboteurs (see The 12 Culture Crashers) click here for more...

NFL draft, Skill and Will

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

This Thursday, beginning at 8 p.m. ET at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, the 77th annual meeting of National Football League franchises will go “on the clock” to begin selecting newly eligible football players.  click here for more...

Titanic, Gen. Sedgwick & Hubris

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Two days ago was the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The “unsinkable” ship sank on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, causing the deaths of 1,514 people – the deadliest peacetime maritime disaster in history.  click here for more...

Connecting the Dots to Accountability

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The 58 executives participating in my March 30 accountability workshop brought into focus a pattern I’ve observed the past few months in the other workshops I conduct around the U.S. and Canada three times every month.

In these workshops, participants are given the opportunity to determine the level of accountability in their organization using a proprietary Accountability in the Workplace Assessment I’ve developed. You can take the free, 10-minute accountability assessment by clicking on the link: www.bustin.com/accountability click here for more...

The 12 Culture Crashers

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Party crashers aren’t new.

Noah probably dealt with a few before floating off on his ark with his family and the animal kingdom.

Two years ago, Tareq and Michaele Salahi made headlines by strolling uninvited into a White House state dinner.  click here for more...


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