ECI’s Foundation Study v. Google’s Project Oxygen to Identify High Performers

One of our associates passed along this New York Times article about Google’s Project Oxygen to me earlier this week.  Google wanted to identify the factors associated with high performing managers.   Being the experts they are with data analysis, they sliced and diced all of their performance review ratings and other anecdotal information to identify [...]

Finding Your Personal Leadership Style

I am often asked if there is a specific personality style that someone needs to have in order to be a successful leader.  I often answer this question by saying yes and no.  I have seen trends that suggest that certain personality types are more successful leaders, but then you always find people that don’t [...]