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Andrew Cox
Member since 02nd May 2007
Occupation: President of Cox Consulting Group Andy helps his clients increase their success in hiring,retaining and developing the right people in the right jobs; in managing and implementing change; in improving communications; and in defining and developing the Personal Skills, Attitudes and Behaviors necessary for personal and organizational success. He lives in Phoenix and started Cox Consulting Group in 1995 after 30 years of experience in Fortune 500 companies in sales, labor relations, organizational development and executive selection.
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26th November 2008
Never has there been a more critical time to remind ourselves to "Stay In Play." There is so much bad news, so many bad numbers, so many gloom and doom forecasts that can suck the life right out of people, and take them right out of the game.
How often...
18th November 2008
Right now it's tough to not feel like a victim. So many events seem to be beyond our control, and so many consequences of the decisions of others appear to have cost so many so much. It's an easy time to choose to blame others and let events just carry us...
27th October 2008
When I read and hear the news, I come to the conclusion that the US is the richest country at peace in the world. We must be. Only in a rich country at peace could so many trivial issues make the news, and occupy our attention and energy.
Some examples...
21st October 2008
The most effective thing any of us can do right now is to focus on our goals - define them, refine them to reflect changing realities, test them to see if they remain realistic and relevant, and act to achieve them.
It's hard. The steady drumbeat of ne...
13th October 2008
One of the core competencies for leaders is the ability to deal with ambiguity - that condition where things are not what they seem. And the higher in an organization a leader goes, the more ambiguous things become. Leaders know ambiguity is the enemy of ...
02nd October 2008
In effective goal setting, using dreams to establish ideal outcomes is a critical step in creating the vision and purpose that become the building block for goals. When used that way, dreams are your servant.
But when the word dreams is mentioned, many...
29th September 2008
In the important areas of our lives, dissatisfaction is a positive - a way to constantly improve. At the same time, dissatisfaction has its limitations. Applying dissatisfaction to many areas of life just leads to frustration and regret.
In my first jo...
25th September 2008
The best time to change is when you don't have to - when you're not forced to - when events and circumstances provide the opportunity and momentum for change. It's also the most effective time to change. It's when astute leadership has prepared for chang...
10th September 2008
Many of us spend a significant amount of time looking through the rear view mirrors of our lives. Some people spend all their time there - some spend no time there - but most have a nice balance between looking at what's behind and what's ahead.
Someti...
05th September 2008
Seeing things in a different way can be the road to success. Leaders place a high value on being able to see things through different lenses. Successful problem solving teams and project teams value individual differences as the means of arriving at innov...
03rd September 2008
Jack and Suzy Welch answer a question relating to empowerment in their back page column in the Business Week August 25, 2008 issue. That particular definition deals with empowering leaders and emerging leaders in companies to take risk as a means of accom...
02nd September 2008
Setting worthy SMART goals can be a real challenge. SMART is the acronym for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic/Relevant and Time framed. For a lot of people, getting to goal statements that meet those criteria is tough.
So where to start in t...
27th August 2008
Your attitude is showing - and it's not good. What to do about it?
A story about an attitude needing adjustment - and about critical personal decisions.
A very close friend had her position cut from full time to 3 days a week. Her duties and respons...
16th August 2008
Success starts with the right people in the right jobs. Particularly in leadership positions. But if that's really the belief of most organizations, why is it that so many selections fail at their jobs - or - even worse, just hang on and take up space? Ba...
14th August 2008
At a recent event, I met a speaker and consultant who told me her specialty is leadership and communications development. Perhaps "met" is the wrong word to describe our exchange. "Listen to her tell me all about herself " is a more accurate description o...
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