by Jane Perdue | Women Despite being infamous for multi-tasking and (maybe?!) driving too fast, I’d managed to back out of my narrow garage countless times without mishap. Then came the morning when not paying better attention resulted in a big mistake and two repair bills....

Are you looking to boost your creativity? Stare down difficulty with spirit, spunk and courage? Put some zest and zing into your problem-solving? Learn how to stop the madness that’s limiting your creativity and innovation. For association meetings, leadership conferences, retreats, and career development events for all genders. Can be delivered in formats ranging from […]

by Jane Perdue | Leadership | If I look back at my career from the perspective of bosses who delivered results and built relationships, there weren’t a lot of them. One hand is all I need to count the bosses who knew how to lead with their hearts and manage with their heads.

BIG’s own Jane Perdue was recently named one of eight finalists in the HCI Human Capital M-Prize on Leadership, co-sponsored by Gary Hamel’s Management Innovation eXchange (MIX). While her entry, Square Pegs, Sacred Cows and Starting Over with Leadership, wasn’t a winner, we’re delighted to have participated in such a rewarding experience.

by Jane Perdue | | Office politics is a fact of business life however much we may want to refute its existence. Discover how to play the game the win-win way and achieve transformative results for your company, your team and yourself.

Jane draws on her 20 years of executive experience and taps into a wealth of research to help leaders: Know what sources of personal and positional power are available for them to use; Learn strategies for using power and influence more effectively and without sacrificing likeability

Jane partnered with Dr. Anne Perschel of Germane Consulting to research how executive women practiced power in the workplace and what impeded their progress. 52% of study participants surprising reported that a lack of self-confidence held them back.

What makes a successful business thrive and have a great culture? That’s a good question given that 70 percent of businesses don’t make to their 11 th anniversary.. You don’t have to be a business guru to recognize when a business is firing on all cylinders nor to recognize that everyone is putting their skills to maximum use, working together, and actually having a …

by Jane Perdue | | “Mind the gap” is the famous warning to train passengers to take caution while crossing the gap between the train door and the station platform. Amy uses this same refrain to remind us to pay attention to the differences in our communication when …

The discussion of a universal need for “simple rules” produces waves of irritation and complaint—a kind of collective nausea. People are frustrated by what they experience as a quagmire of rules that limit their creativity and, more fundamentally, their …