Makarios Consulting Blog

Month: September 2011

The toughest of elephants — change at the top

I wondered if we were going to be able to talk about the problem everyone knew faced us, but no one wanted to mention.  Then, one of the members of the leadership team looked at me and said: “We have an elephant in the room, and we better deal with it.”   I wanted to give… Continue reading The toughest of elephants — change at the top

Are You Half Full?

Now that the lazy days of summer have come to an end I see some people exuding a rather melancholy state of mind.  Whether it’s the start of school with the busy schedules it includes, the shorter daylight hours and the prospect of long, cold winter nights, or the thought of a stretch of many… Continue reading Are You Half Full?