Businesses large and small are falling victim to the seduction of change management. To keep up with the joneses of an evolving marketplace and conniving competitor behavior, often times the popular decision is to change Read more…
Sometimes I like most get caught up in business language rather than the real application. “Sales Force Effectiveness” is that ambiguous business language that quite frankly has very little real application. Isn’t sales force effectiveness Read more…
Albert Einstein said “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value”. Einstein’s quote places a rather interesting twist on success and if I’m reading between the lines it’s not a positive Read more…
“Standing out in a world where everybody is yelling LOOK AT ME” My wife asks me the other day “Do I have presence, do I command attention when I walk into a room”? I Read more…
The saying “Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail” can be true or false depending on the planning process. Have you ever been in a planning meeting (disguised as a “Strategy Meeting”) that was nothing Read more…
Having witnessed my grandmother being tortured by the devastation of Alzheimer’s disease and my mother serving as caregiver, I can literally say it took a piece of my mind. Between my grandmother not recognizing me Read more…
Perhaps the most difficult aspect of LEADERSHIP is leading those who are not accountable to you. Have you ever been placed in a situation where you had the proverbial “dotted-line” responsibility of leading a Read more…
It can be a blessing and it can be a curse but one thing is clear…a lacking grey haired leader is noticeable. Let’s be honest we all have a predisposed bias for the person at Read more…
“Patience is a Virtue”, “Good things happen to those who wait”…beautiful sayings…never followed. Why do we champion such quotes yet we live in a society that rewards victory TOMORROW? Microwave success happens very rarely Read more…
Yeah, I used to say it all the time “I have an open door policy”….but I did not really mean it. I’m being honest and sure coming out with this admittance 12 years later Read more…