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The BizPie Blog gives expert advice for executives to help make better decisions, improve your team, and balance professional & personal life.
Innovating much?
You get a hint that a competitor has solved a problem your customers have grumbled about. Or, you dismiss an investment that your sales team
Leadership Style?
In a crisis, we look to a firefighter to lead us. In a process or profit maximization, we look for a steady analytic type. Which
Making Decisions
In a recent conversation about the Myers-Briggs personality assessment tool, the topic of how and why we make decisions came up. If you are familiar
Called to Greatness
Americans mourned the passing of Senator John McCain this week with many conversations about his character, his service and his outspokenness. The public was allowed
Stories and Pictures
My friend, Pam, visiting from Seattle, inspired a trip to the Grand Central Market and Little Tokyo in downtown LA. When guests ask you about
Forecast the economy
Many times in the last few weeks I’ve been asked what the economists are saying about the next recession. Not an expert myself, I read
Got trucks?
The backbone of successful international trade and improvement of lives everywhere has been logistics. Mine coal, oil, precious minerals, iron ore, and send it to
toxic leadership
The #metoo movement continues to change our national discourse as we observe the various levels of behavior that are called out. How bad was it?
Psychological Safety
Have you ever evaluated the level of psychological safety in your team? Is it okay to challenge the status quo? Can people discuss behaviors that
Live today
We scheduled a massage for 4:30, yesterday. At 3:45, I heard the helicopters. Lots of helicopters. Then, I heard sirens. Living close to the 5
Rule changes
Watching the World Cup Final between Croatia and France, I was thinking about the rules. About offsides, how high was that kick, did it hit
Plan for retirement
For many successful executives, retirement is a scary proposition. Scary because retirement equals lack of identity, lack of structure, lack of value…Who am I if
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