Do you hold 1-2-1’s with all your direct reports?

You probably think you communicate regularly and effectively with all your direct reports. What would they say? My sense from working with a lot of team members just below the CEO is that they
Ready for a merger?

Getting married after being single for 20 years has had me thinking a lot about mergers. The romantic part is quite lovely, and I could write many blogs about the non-business side. And, maybe I will
Who works for a company when the workday never ends?

The simple answer may be all of us. It may be all of us at some time in our lives. It may be that some of us can’t
Who is Amazon?

All the controversy this week about how Amazon treats its people has raised a lot of questions about corporate culture. Comparisons are being made between what is accepted in Silicon Valley culture or start-up culture versus retail culture. Amazon has disrupted more businesses than almost any other company. Think bookstores. All gone. Thank you Amazon. […]