Stewart Hirsch, Author at Trusted Advisor Associates

25 Warning Signs You Have a Low-Trust Organization: Part 4 of 5

By Stewart Hirsch February 9, 2012

Are you part of a low-trust organization? There are a surprising number of symptoms and tip-offs; perhaps the least obvious are in the organization’s products and services. This is fourth…

25 Warning Signs You Have a Low-Trust Organization: Part 2 of 5

By Stewart Hirsch February 1, 2012

It’s not impossible to find a high-trust team in a low-trust organization – we’ve seen a few – but not too many. For the most part, low-trust organizations are made…

Trusted Advisors: Are You Joking?

By Stewart Hirsch September 1, 2011

A doctor, a lawyer and a rabbi all walk into a bar. The bartender says: “What is this, some kind of joke?’” Notice: It’s never a manufacturer, a schoolteacher and…

The Connector and the Catalyst: She Said, He Said

By Stewart Hirsch August 17, 2011

We’re shining a spotlight on Trust Temperaments™ in our team over the next few months. Recently, I wrote about the six different temperaments we’ve identified in our research. Today, experience…

Are You a Connector? A Catalyst? A Steward?

By Stewart Hirsch August 4, 2011

Are you an ENTJ? An ISFP? An Aries or a Pisces? You may know your Myers Briggs Type Indicator, and you no doubt know your birthday--but what about your Trust…

Magic Johnson, Peter Guber and Business Stories

By Stewart Hirsch July 15, 2011

We all know the power of stories in business. We know too that it’s the heroes who give stories power. The hero may be a person, a brand, a company,…

More Women, Smarter Teams

By Stewart Hirsch June 30, 2011

The title says it all: to help teams perform better, add more women. An intriguing research project highlighted in the June 2011 issue of the Harvard Business Review by Anita…

I’m Sorry IF I Upset You

By Stewart Hirsch June 17, 2011

Don’t you hate the “IF” in that phrase? It’s like the canned, fake apologies we receive from call center employees reading from a script. Yet we hear “I’m sorry if…

Muses: Really Entertaining Business Blogs by Women

By Stewart Hirsch May 26, 2011

Some of the most entertaining, content-rich and downright helpful business blogs we love are written by women. Here are a few of our favorites. What are yours? Danah Boyd’s Apophenia…

Lessons in Leadership and the Three Umpires

By Stewart Hirsch May 3, 2011

This is one of my all-time favorite stories. Three umpires (baseball, for our international readers) were talking about how they make calls on each pitch. The first umpire said: “There’s…