Beware of Benchmarking!

By Mark Komen, President.  Kodyne, Inc. If there was ever a business quicksand pit, it would be the practice of benchmarking.  Benchmarking, as a business practice, came into prominence in the 1980s as organizations strived to find ways to improve themselves.  A...

Do I Need Coaching or Consulting?

By Mark Komen, President.  Kodyne, Inc. Are coaches, “consultants?”  Are consultants, “coaches?”  Can someone do both?  To address these questions, I look at coaching and consulting as activities not labels describing professional practices. Yes, coaches can be...