Focus Theme http://businessjournal.gallup.com/ http://backend.userland.com/rss Gallup WebTeam A human resources executive employed these talent themes to keep engagement on his team high while cutting costs and headcount. Managers can learn a lot from him about leveraging their own strengths, particularly in a brutal economic environment. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/112918/Strengths-Success-Story-Using-Focus-Maximizer.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/112918/Strengths-Success-Story-Using-Focus-Maximizer.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:00:00 GMT By aspiring to leave a positive legacy, T.G.I. Friday's manager Dennis Greer took a restaurant his company wanted to close and made it the most profitable in his region. Along the way, he changed some people's lives for the better. Greer's successful management makes for a turnaround story of the most inspiring kind. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/21319/Manager-Succeeds-Changes-Lives.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/21319/Manager-Succeeds-Changes-Lives.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 09 Feb 2006 06:00:00 GMT How a focused and determined new manager of an underperforming hotel tightened expectations, showed the staff their potential, and turned the property's finances around. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/19093/Fixing-Sneaky-Broke-Hotel.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/19093/Fixing-Sneaky-Broke-Hotel.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 13 Oct 2005 05:00:00 GMT Bestselling author and Internet visionary Bruce Judson has some straightforward advice for entrepreneurs, as well as enterprising managers and employees within larger companies: Leverage breakthroughs in technology. And, most importantly, do what you do best. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/18151/Talent-Go-Alone.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/18151/Talent-Go-Alone.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:00:00 GMT People strong in the Focus theme can take a direction, follow through, and make the corrections necessary to stay on track. They prioritize, then act. http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/670/Focus.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication http://businessjournal.gallup.com/content/670/Focus.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 12 Sep 2002 05:00:00 GMT