In this episode of “The SURVE Hour”, you will have an opportunity to participate in a conversation with host Jim Blackburn about a uniquely different approach to organizational transformational change that emphasizes a people first, strategy second mindset. When using this approach, leadership’s span of control and influence power is dramatically increased; the effects of the change resistant employees are eliminated, cycle time for the transformation is reduced, and the probability for success greatly increases. A critical element of this unique approach is the Transformation Transitional Team which differs greatly from the traditional work team. When this team is properly assembled and activated, it becomes the key catalyst for the successful transformation of the organization. And as part of assembling this team, you will learn about two very important employee classifications that must be management in distinctly different ways if successful transformation is to occur.

They like your ideas about the changes that need to occur, and they are asking you to take responsibility for implementing your suggestions. This means significantly increased responsibilities, the need to build a team and a pay increase with multiple incentives. This is both scary and exhilarating for you. When accepting enhanced career opportunities similar to the one described above, whether it be with a new organization or with your current employer, the negative consequences that follow are significant, yet seldom if ever discussed. In this episode of 'The SURVE Hour', guest Morrie Shechtman, the author of 'Working Without A Net' and nationally acclaimed expert on managing disruptive organizational change, will be in conversation with host Jim Blackburn discussing the significance of these painful consequences, the phenomenon of how success is so closely linked to failure, and what to do when you find yourself facing these demons of success.

During this episode of “The SURVE Hour”, you will hear about how talent is the key competitive differentiator in today’s unpredictable, uncertain and rapidly changing world of business. The opportunities and methodologies to attract, develop and retain the right talent for your business will be analyzed as well as compared to professional sports franchises and their obsession with talent management. You will also be challenged to view your business through a very different paradigm that can exponentially increase your business's critical success measurements as well as its ultimate impact for all stakeholders including employees, customers and the community in general.

During this episode of “The SURVE Hour”, you will hear about this controversial learning paradox that most educators and business school's wish would go away. You will hear about how a critical element to leadership development requires a learner mindset that goes far beyond the classroom, seminars, workshops and the contents of the 1,000’s of leadership books that have been written over the past decade. Additionally, you will be introduced to a unique three dimensional learning process that results in work and learning becoming synonymous while demonstrating that learning what other people know (training) is a very small part of professional development… Finally, you’ll have a much better understanding of why there continues to be a significant shortage of effective leaders in the world of business, government, education, religion and beyond...

In this episode of “The SURVE Hour”, you will have an opportunity to participate in a conversation with host Jim Blackburn about a uniquely different approach to organizational transformational change that emphasizes a people first, strategy second mindset. When using this approach, leadership’s span of control and influence power is dramatically increased; the effects of the change resistant employees are eliminated, cycle time for the transformation is reduced, and the probability for success greatly increases. A critical element of this unique approach is the Transformation Transitional Team which differs greatly from the traditional work team. When this team is properly assembled and activated, it becomes the key catalyst for the successful transformation of the organization. And as part of assembling this team, you will learn about two very important employee classifications that must be management in distinctly different ways if successful transformation is to occur.

In this episode of “The SURVE Hour”, you will have an opportunity to participate in a conversation with host Jim Blackburn about the power of what he refers to as your “ Eagle's Eye and how, when left unmanaged, it sabotages your personal and professional growth by holding you captive to your past. This conversation will help you become more aware of this phenomenon as well as how to manage your “Eagle’s Eye” so that it becomes a contributor as opposed to an inhibitor to your success. Additionally, as part of managing the “Eagle's Eye”, you will be introduced to a problem solving method that will illustrate how you are spending more time and energy than you should in dealing with the symptoms and symbols of your deeper problems that are seldom if ever addressed.

Congratulations. You got the promotion that you wanted. But is it really what you think it is? Will this promotion have you living on the cutting-edge or bloody edge of success, and do you know the difference? Will this promotion mean that you must forgo success in your personal life? And conversely, if you have a successful personal life, could you have qualified for this promotion? Finally, is the success you say you want actually a success that has been defined for you by the opinions of other people and not really what you want? Unfortunately, most of today’s workforce do not have answers to these questions, and as a result, businesses around the world are plagued with premature worker burnout, potentially corrupt and unhealthy cultures, employee productivity and retention issues ,and more... In this episode of “The SURVE Hour”, learn about how you may unknowingly be on the bloody edge of success and if so, how to move to the cutting edge.

In this episode of “The SURVE Hour”, you will have an opportunity to participate in a conversation with host Jim Blackburn about the void of leadership in today’s business world due to the misunderstanding of the differences between managing and leading. While both roles are important, the lack of understanding of the differences causes individuals with leadership responsibilities to unknowingly restrict the growth of the people who work for them, sabotage the sustainable growth of the organization they serve, and contribute to their own career struggles. During the broadcast, you will have the opportunity to evaluate your own effectiveness as a leader, you will be able to learn how to change certain sabotaging behaviors, and you will learn how to exponentially broaden and deepen your influence power. Finally, you will have a much clearer understanding of the differences between leading and managing which will help you understand why leadership can't be taught, but can be learned.

They like your ideas about the changes that need to occur, and they are asking you to take responsibility for implementing your suggestions. This means significantly increased responsibilities, the need to build a team and a pay increase with multiple incentives. This is both scary and exhilarating for you. When accepting enhanced career opportunities similar to the one described above, whether it be with a new organization or with your current employer, the negative consequences that follow are significant, yet seldom if ever discussed. In this episode of The SURVE Hour”, guest Morrie Shechtman, the author of “Working Without A Net” and nationally acclaimed expert on managing disruptive organizational change, will be in conversation with host Jim Blackburn discussing the significance of these painful consequences, the phenomenon of how success is so closely linked to failure, and what to do when you find yourself facing these demons of success.

Effective leadership of any meaningful endeavor requires the ability to promote the value and potential of the people involved. Yet when leaders, who agree with this important leadership responsibility, are asked how they accomplish this, answers are at best vague. In this edition of the SURVE Hour, host Jim Blackburn and special guest Rebecca Bagley, Vice Chancellor of Economic Partnerships at the University of Pittsburgh, will share their unique insights on this important topic as well as discuss some counterintuitive ideas on how to better pre-qualify, hire, develop and retain high growth and talented knowledge workers. This conversation should be of special interest to all leaders, but most importantly to the business leaders who are frustrated more than they care to admit with chronic under-performing employees as well as the inability to retain the high achievers they so greatly value.

In this edition of “The SURVE Hour”, listeners will hear about how to immunize themselves against an epidemic of unparalleled proportions that is rapidly spreading throughout the world of business and causing immeasurable damage to the best and the brightest of today’s professional workforce. Symptoms of the epidemic in varying degrees are low energy, feelings of being overwhelmed, anxiety, depression, guilt, dread, anger and more. Symptoms are typically fueled by antiquated definitions of work, confusing statements of responsibility, management’s general ineptness, cultures promoting competition within the organization, and finally a total misunderstanding of the double edged sword called success. Listen in while host Jim Blackburn and special guest Nancy Board discuss the “how to’s” of avoiding this epidemic while fulfilling your career and professional aspirations.

A major reason that many of today's business organizations are in chronic struggle is the lack of understanding of the basic differences between leading an organization and managing within an organization. In this edition of “The SURVE Hour”, listeners will hear about how the two roles, which are typically described as one and the same, are not interchangeable as each has very distinctly different responsibilities to their respective organizations. Listeners will hear about the importance of each role while at the same time learn about how destructive these roles become when assumed to be one and the same. In conversation about this most intriguing topic with host Jim Blackburn will be Chris King, the dynamic Athletic Director of the newly formed U. of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Chris has extensive experience in both roles, and has a wealth of knowledge about the importance of each.

Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, made the following statement while discussing organizational change… “If the speed of change on the outside is greater than the speed of change on the inside, the end is in sight.” This edition of the SURVE Hour will help listeners better understand the importance of Jack Welch’s statement about organizational change and why organizational, and for that matter, individual change is so difficult. The listeners will learn about why and how organizational leaders end up sabotaging the change they have initiated, the aspects of organizational change that are misunderstood or overlooked that contribute to the struggle with the desired change, how the resistance to change is really resistance to something else, and what happens to the people who aren’t changing as the world around them is changing, and more…