www.handontheshoulder.com The Introduction It was a cold day in June when I arrived at the Susquehanna River. The town of Endicott lay across the river, still shrouded in a morning mist and looking like a place from another era. …

By Grant Tate We provide training and development materials to our clients. We use those materials in face-to-face and online environments. And, we work with individuals and groups. Keeping the materials up-to-date with the latest leadership or management content is challenging and requires continual monitoring of the latest developments and…

Executive coaching is one of the services my colleagues and I provide to clients. We employ a definite pattern to the coaching sessions where we provide background reading and exercise. How will AI affect our approach in the future? I explored that with ChatGPT. Here is the result: Me: How…

Get ready, consultants. AI is here. If you looked at my profile, you know I’ve been a business consultant for over twenty years. There have been many changes to my practice, but none as profound as the two months since ChatGPT entered my life. In the next articles, I’ll demonstrate…

Text developed by ChatCPT I have been working with ChatGPT since its introduction a few months ago and have found it to be a magnificent idea generator and assistant in my work. Using the tool, I developed this document in just over an hour. I edited for format, but the…

I’ve spent my whole life dodging early mornings. My first job was in a large manufacturing plant. Guess what? My department started work at 7:30 AM! There must be some natural law that manufacturing has to start early. …

“There is only one strategy, Tate.” “What’s that, Bob?” “Keep your options open,” replied my big boss, the VP of Manufacturing. I had just finished presenting our division’s 5-year strategic plan and our 2-year operating plan, both containing revenue projections, costs, human resources, and risks. My team had worked for…

The Angelic Asshole of Armonk has arrived. Like a corporate lemming, I’m standing by my rental Ford at the only helipad close to Sterling Forest. …

At the age of six or eight, I liked to play with toy soldiers. World War II was raging in Europe and the far East, so I tried to simulate some of the small battles. …