Glass Company Book

Professor Bill Leamon – Mansfield Frazier has a passion for helping his neighbors in Hough, including the developmentally disabled, homeless, and formerly incarcerated, to overcome their barriers to employment by putting them to work in his urban vineyard growing the grapes that will eventually be made into his award-winning wine (The Great Geauga County Fair, […]

Dr. Solange Charas Espousing that team transparency is “motherhood and apple pie” is fine, however it is important to understand how high-TQ and transparent teams generate positive economic outcomes.  The underlying economic theory is Information Asymmetry Theory (IAT) brought to the public eye by Nobel prize-winning Professor Joseph Stiglitz.  IAT states that when one party […]

Dr. Solange Charos A famous Japanese researcher discovered the process of knowledge creation and proved that the ability of organizations to create new knowledge disseminate it throughout the organization and embody it in product, services and systems is a company’s real competitive advantage.  He claimed that companies that only focus on better costs of capital, […]

Dr. Solange Charas Traditionally, we believe that a focus on the finish line is what drives success, but new research has found that when you care about others and focus on getting along with co-workers, subordinates, bosses and your clients/customers, greater success is realized.  “Getting along” cultures rewards traits that describe transparent organizations – they […]

Dr. Edward Straub We’ve already talked about the importance of an engaged workforce .  There is a great deal of research to suggest that most of the time most of us are not fully engaged at work.  In 2014, Gallup estimated that over half of the workforce was not engaged in their jobs and nearly […]

Dr. Solange Charas Let’s do a little experiment.  Think about a time when you were on a successful team. What’s the first thing you remember?  Most likely, you thought about how you felt — the positive experience you had when you were on this “great team.”  When describing experiences on a great team, the majority […]

Dr. Solange Charas What do your teams look like at work?  If you don’t have diversity on your teams, you’re missing the boat.  Research has shown that racial diversity team members have a heightened sensitivity to integrating the needs of multiple constituents, making teams more “human.”  And, you better put at least one woman on […]

Dr. Solange Charas Recent reports from Gallup claims that 70% of employees are not engaged.  So what you ask?  You’re paying 100% salary for 30% work – that’s so what!  Given that over 75% of employees say they work on at least one team at work, making sure that teams are dynamic and effective is […]

by Professor Bill Leamon Note from Tim: Our Foundation’s Managing Director, Bill Leamon, wrote an update for our board recently about a young man he is mentoring named Chris, and I asked him to share his story for our June update. Peace.  As a young boy living in inner-city Cleveland, Chris loved learning. He says there […]

Dr. Edward Straub You’re probably aware of the research extolling the importance of a coherent, shared vision on your business (see a special issue of Frontiers dedicated to the topic here).  To have a shared vision among your people means having a common desired future state.  The challenge in creating this is in aligning the […]