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Debt Concerns Rise: Can Your Business Do More with Less?

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As lawmakers stare into the abyss of the U.S. debt crisis, experts around the globe are attempting to script the possible outcomes of every solution offered by Congress. The impact on individuals and businesses has the potential to verge on catastrophic. The phrase “double dip” has resurfaced once again, indicating a growing concern that the U.S. may slide into a second recession. This erases much of the nervous optimism that businesses held at the conclusion of 2010. While economists and other analysts continue to search for answers, there has yet to be a clear angle on what, if anything, will turn the economic forecast around.

It seems as though companies will once again be tasked with having to do more with less. Performance will become a hot-button topic in many conference rooms and C-Suite level offices across the globe. That’s why Soundview is pleased to present the next installment of Soundview Live: How to Leverage the Power of People featuring William A. Schiemann. He is the author of Reinventing Talent Management, the co-author of Bullseye! Hiting Your Strategic Targets Through High-Impact Measurement and the CEO of Metrus Group, an organization that helps companies maximize results.

Think of what your organization is facing at the present. Have you been challenged by senior management or shareholders to increase productivity and profits in the face of economic uncertainty? If you’re going to need more from the team you trust, this edition of Soundview Live is a must for you to attend.

Join Soundview Live featuring William A. Schiemann on Wednesday, August 3 at Noon (Eastern). Visit Summary.com to sign up and don’t forget, Soundview subscribers can attend for FREE!

A Summary Before Midnight

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The ramifications of the potential federal government shutdown are causing shockwaves across the United States. As the Congressional stare-down reaches its climax, the accusations are arriving at a rate that only Twitter can keep pace. This article offers an interesting look at the state of negotiations (and fingerpointing) that’s currently taking place on Capitol Hill. While scenarios as varied as soldiers going without pay and canceled tours of the Statue of Liberty are being promoted by various media outlets, I thought I’d take a different approach.

One of the better books on conflict resolution that we’ve featured at Soundview Executive Book Summaries is Mark Goulston’s Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone. If you’ve never had the opportunity to check it out, it might make for some interesting reading while (if the reports are accurate), you wait for your tax refund to arrive.

Goulston is a psychiatrist and business coach with decades of experience in the art of breakthrough communication. One of the key lessons he reveals in Just Listen is the best method to get through to an angry person and move him or her from an irrational state to one of tolerance. When you read or watch any of the current coverage of what’s happening in Washington, it sounds like just the summary for the situation.

Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone is available in eight digital formats. For more great book summaries, visit Soundview online at Summary.com.