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Chery Gegelman is president of Giana Consulting, an organizational development company that seeks to be a source of light, help and understanding so the people and organizations they serve can more effectively accomplish their mission.

Many years ago, a customer wrote a letter about me to my regional manager. To this day, I don’t know what prompted him to write the letter, and I don’t remember everything that it said, but I do remember that he called me “a diamond in the rough.”

While he saw potential, my focus was on all of my rough edges.[…] Continue Reading »

Jennifer V. Miller combines her degree in psychology with her experience as a leadership development consultant to help leaders leverage their influence in an ethical way. Visit her blog, The People Equation, for tips on becoming workplace savvy.

Does your organization have a process for leadership development? If so, then you’ve probably heard about or experienced what I call the “pressure cooker” experience: Toss a bunch of smart, driven people into a time-pressured scenario, ask them to perform a task and see how they handle it.[…] Continue Reading »