Based on the Economists' projections that you read, somewhere between 2020 and 2040, the economy of China will overtake the USA economy. I also share with you the current research that indicates that about 30% of employees' are actively engaged in the business and the other 70% are in various stages of doing the bare minimum to actively disrupting the business.

With heavy emphasis on high quality services and products, the most effective business leaders are recognizing that employees really are valuable resources in achieving daily business success.

In order to achieve your expectations year over year, it is necessary to consistently achieve your expectations quarter over quarter. By understanding the environment and your customers' changing needs and then considering the following questions, you will put yourself in a position to leverage any upturn in the economy, much more quickly.

Forecasters tend to see obstacles as reasons not to do something, while goal-setters see obstacles just as that - obstacles to be overcome.

A consciousness of everyone's uniqueness and a respect for it will help us be more successful in communications.

A coach is a person who engages in an interaction intended to enhance performance or facilitate change in another. A coach helps others to discover and do what works, that is, do the right things in the right way for the right reasons to achieve the right results.

How often do you let problems go unresolved and fail to make significant progress because the solutions are too simple or not in someone's best interest? Imagine how many problems could be addressed if we overcome these two hurdles.

Before starting any major new project in an organization, whether for internal use or consumption or for external use and revenue generation, this process can be the difference between winning and losing.

Regardless of size, employees aren't an excuse for not getting desired results. Successful leaders take responsibility for everything in their business. Taking responsibility means if you aren't getting the results you want, look first at yourself and what you can do differently or better. Most of us try to change other people when things aren't going right. To reach our goals, we don't have to change others (most of them won't do it anyway); we need to change ourselves.

To keep a tech workforce engaged and motivated necessitates viewing this from 2 perspectives: how to keep people engaged and motivated, and how to keep the technologist challenged.