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The Globalization of Devastation
When I was a kid, my Mother would tell me to eat my dinner-that there were starving children in Biafra.
Are you on time? Do you care?
The traffic gods were with me and I arrived 10 minutes early to a reception. I walked in to find 2 other participants already there
What are you willing to pay for?
Every company owner or President that I work with has a quirk. There is something that they just refuse
What can’t you test for?
There have been many articles lately about tests for hiring that sort candidates according to personality traits, sales ability, attention to detail, leadership style and
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
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
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
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
Can you make a decision?
You probably know that the word “decide” means to kill choice. It may have been your experience that you rose through an organization, because you
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
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
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