Are you an Idea Monkey or a Ringleader? Pick one.
At the Vistage Executive Summit in Los Angeles, speaker Mike Maddock asked us to identify which we were. When I turned to a couple of CEO’s I knew well and
Are you getting the results you want?
If your style in business is to ask for forgiveness rather than ask for permission, or you have a boss like that –listen up!
Why was that a good or a bad decision?
Two weeks ago, I talked about making decisions. I laid out a list of eight steps to making a better decision. In working with a management team last week, we found a missing piece – going back afterwards and assessing whether that was a good or bad decision. Take the following example: should we launch […]
How do you build trust within your organization?
Trust is one of those difficult to measure yet highly important factors in creating great companies. I’ve been doing a little research about it in the business literature, and
How do you align the daily activities of the team with your long-term plans?
Many companies have created alignment within the management team by yearly corporate meetings, weekly tactical meetings and all the impromptu conversations that keep
How do you teach crisis management to your team?
There is something about the first time – the first kiss, the first time we live away from home, the first job – that has a special meaning for all of us. It is exciting, it is scary, it is all new. The first time you lose a major customer, the first time you have […]
How do we solve big problems?
The old adage is….one bite at a time. As in, how do you eat an elephant? To me, the strategic question is…
Do written corporate values matter?
Have you seen those nice plaques on the walls of lobbies, boardrooms, managers’ offices? Here it is: this is who they are, this is
Are you open for a little feedback?
Do you brace yourself when you get that question? Do you instantly expect bad news? Yet, what I hear from mid-level managers is
Do you hand out Oscars to your outstanding performers?
There is so much hype about the Oscars here in Los Angeles, that most Angelenos can’t wait for them to