Competency and Performance Solutions

Press release received from: The NATC’s Exclusive Coverage Of The International Business Summit

Tampa, Fla. – The National Association of Tourism and Conventions (NATC-TV) has exclusive coverage of the 4th International Business Summit that was held on March 11th here in Tampa Bay. The event bought together nine multicultural Chambers of Commerce, Coca-Cola, Tampa Port Authority, and other corporate sponsors. The NATC knows it witnessed something that will inspire the world to collaborate and cooperate with Tampa Bay’s business community not only to prevent chaos but create a beloved community. In short, the NATC knows it witnessed a model for unlocking the potential of the global economy.

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Ansgar Gabrielsen, a male Norwegian businessman and politician, is an expert on the details of a 2007 Catalyst study, The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance & Women’s Representation on Boards,

Gabrielsen’s focus has not been on gender equality. His interest is in “the fact that diversity is a value in itself, that it creates wealth.” He is part of a movement has led to a law that requires all listed Norwegian companies to have at least 40% of women on their boards.

Despite much outcry about the law, research findings show that companies with the highest representation of women on their top management teams perform better financially than groups with the lowest female representation. The Norwegians have therefore made diversification mandatory, on the basis that  increased profits can be, and are, achieved through diverse boards, and that a company’s primary responsibility is to act in the best interests of its shareholders by maximizing profits.

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We skim-read and E-write (often while multi-tasking), for very good reasons. We live in a world where everyone is communicating more and more through writing, while living though an information and complexity explosion.

Few people are trained in the skills required to manage this information, and to communicate effectively by “e-writing” – the relatively new form of writing that stands out in an avalanche of text to

- get responses and action

- build collaboration and teamwork

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The 2010 International Business Summit will be held at Higgins Hall (cnr Hillsborough and Himes) on Thursday, 11 March, 2010, beginning at 9 a.m. (Registration: 8.30 a.m.)

IBS is in its fourth year, as an annual event that brings together the diverse communities of Tampa Bay to build economic prosperity for the Tampa Bay/Suncoast area. It is organized by the Bi-national Chambers of Commerce and Trade Associations, including the British, Caribbean, Chinese, French, Hispanic, Indo, Philippine, Scandinavian-Baltic, Swedish, etc. Please see www.ibsummit.org.

IBS provides three tracks for education (the Collaboration, Diversity and Prosperity tracks) and is relevant to both local and international businesses. Continue reading »

Once, in a different economic era, The Boss went into his/her office, closed the door, and wrote the company or departmental operational plan (or “business plan” as it was often called).

Today, international studies of managers who develop and implement operational plans show that the following key competencies are required for this process:

Planning                                   Risk management
Delegating                                Networking
Involving others                         Innovating
Consulting                                 Communicating
Influencing and persuading         Monitoring
Evaluating                                 Setting objectives
Building consensus

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First there was IQ, then emotional intelligence. Studies show that EQ still beats IQ as a factor in business success, but now there is a new predictor for business that win, people that succeed, and economic achievement.

CQ, or collaborative intelligence, combines the ability to think well, and to think collaboratively with other people. It is a key to innovation, corporate earnings, individual wealth and national success in the 21st Century. Continue reading »

Corruption and ‘mismanagement”. Madoff defrauds charities of billions. The mayor of Baltimore has apparently gone on a shopping spree with gift cards donated for the poor. Millions of dollars are missing in Iraq, banks refuse to report what they have done with billions in public money. You can go further back – the Katrina frauds, or Enron: pick a story, pick a year, pick an amount.

Yet they are all one story. Someone, somewhere is saying “me! give me more… and more… and more”. There is a never-ending stream of takers, hands stretched out for more. Often, when the accounting is done, the hands belong to people who own more houses than they can live in, more cars than they can drive, more clothes than they can wear… but they want more. Continue reading »