by Shelley Row | Aug 14, 2019 | Leadership
Think about your first management position. What was initially on your mind? For most of us, we dove into the technical work. What are the projects? Are they on time and on budget? What are the technical challenges? What is the financial picture for each? For sure,...
by Shelley Row | May 6, 2019 | Business Skills, communication, Decision-Making, Employee Culture, Employee Engagement, goals, Leadership, Neuroscience, over thinking, purpose, success
Learn to take back control of your decision-making! You strive to make data-driven decisions, but too much data can result in analysis paralysis. Plus, in this fast-paced and complex environment, data from the past may not foretell the future. Our interviews with 77...
by Shelley Row | Mar 26, 2019 | Business Skills, communication, Decision-Making, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Neuroscience, over thinking, purpose
Data-driven decision-making. Data analytics. Data mining. Data sounds so logical, rational and objective. But is it? Don’t misunderstand, as an engineer, I love data! And, as a leader, I learned that data alone is not enough. Data is incredibly important for a...
by Shelley Row | Aug 15, 2017 | Business Skills
One-and-two-and-three-and-four… My dad sat next to me counting out the beats as I practiced the clarinet. Night after night he taught and I learned. I was good but was never going to be the next Bennie Goodman. Nonetheless, I read and play music and appreciate...
by Shelley Row | Jul 11, 2017 | Business Skills
“Just the facts: they speak for themselves.” That’s the approach many take when they want to persuade someone to their point of view. But do they speak for themselves? Not so much. From my technical background, I have observed a fact-based approach to persuasion...