Holly Green

As CEO of The Human Factor, Inc., Holly helps business leaders and their companies achieve higher levels of performance and profitability. Her unique approach to consulting – based on the approach Pause, Think, Focus, Run – provides the tools, techniques, and skills companies need to reach their destinations and achieve their strategic goals.

An experienced business leader and behavioral scientist, Holly has a rare combination of extensive academic training and in-the-trenches experience working in and leading organizations. As a consultant, Holly is frequently hired by companies such as AT&T, Microsoft, Expedia, Nokia, and Google to help them compete more effectively in today’s uncertain markets. She helps these companies get clear on what winning looks like, and then shows them how to align the resources and energy of the organization to get there.

In addition to consulting, Holly delivers highly acclaimed keynote presentations and workshops at tradeshows, industry gatherings, and business meetings. Holly’s top selling book, More Than a Minute: How to be an Effective Leader & Manager in Today’s Changing World goes beyond the theory of leading and managing by providing practical, action-oriented information. She has contributed to several other best-selling books as well.

For more info, please visit www.TheHumanFactor.biz and www.MoreThanaMinute.com.

Recent Posts by Holly

Motivating Employees: How you can prevent unwanted departures

Motivating Employees: How you can prevent unwanted departures

Without question, the past recession has hit many companies hard.  But as business leaders struggling to keep our companies Read More

Does Your Small Business Have a Complexity Complex?

Does Your Small Business Have a Complexity Complex?

Are you overwhelmed by how fast the world moves these days?  Does it seem like everything is getting more complicated?  Do you sometimes feel like you might Read More

Does Your Culture Support Innovation?

Does Your Culture Support Innovation?

There’s a lot of people talking about innovation these days, myself included.
The good news is that business Read More

The Real Recipe for Innovation

The Real Recipe for Innovation

When I talk to business leaders , I always ask about the most difficult challenges they face Read More

Do You Have the Courage to Fail?

Do You Have the Courage to Fail?

If you follow the tech industry you probably noticed Google’s decision to shut down their much-ballyhooed Google Wave after only one year of operation. You Read More

Are You Inspiring or Dousing Innovation?

Are You Inspiring or Dousing Innovation?

Seeing as how summer is supposed to include some rest and relaxation, I took advantage of a rare day off last week and went to Read More

Are You Shifting Into High Gear with Social Media?

Are You Shifting Into High Gear with Social Media?

Not only is our world moving faster and faster these days, it is also becoming more connected than ever.  And it looks like the corporate world Read More

Asking “What If” Leads to Organizational Innovation

Asking “What If” Leads to Organizational Innovation

Recently I was doing a keynote presentation on innovation when a member of the audience, a senior Read More

Reinvent Your Customer Relationships Now!

Reinvent Your Customer Relationships Now!

Have you taken a serious look at your customer relationships recently?  If not, now would be a good time.
Recently, IBM polled more than 1500 Read More

Will Your Organization Become a Victim of Its Own Success?

Will Your Organization Become a Victim of Its Own Success?

Andy Grove, the founder of microchip giant Intel, once said, “Business success contains the seeds of its own destruction.”

Just look around and it’s hard Read More