If you hear, “Our country is divided” one more time are you ready to scream or has it all just become background noise? No matter what side of anything you are on it’s blatantly obvious our binary nature has manifested disunity on a greater scale than we’ve ever recognized before. So what about your company? […]
There are no shortage of frustrations in business. Many times as we are shaking our head in despair we imagine our problems could be solved, or at least greatly helped, by reorganizing our department, team or company. Many times a Re-org is an appropriate thought, particularly if you’ve experienced significant changes in your volume (up […]
“Good idea! So when should we do this?” How many times has an agreement on a productivity improvement, a process change, pursuing a new opportunity, buying or selling something been agreed but when it comes to the “when” answer it is general, distant or even vague? A process we teach called Trigger Metrics™ can get […]
I promise this isn’t political…except to appreciate that all companies have politics and young top performers, grizzled sage veterans and idealistic new entrepreneurs alike all have leadership aspirations. So what kind of leader are you fit to be? No matter what your current evaluation of our Oval Office inhabitant pro or con, and clearly any […]
It is a routine job for a parent to make sure their small child makes regular trips to the potty to perform natural duties. Eventually that job no longer needs supervising, save of course, the occasional wiggling dance or personals clutching that suggests a reminder is needed (with the obligatory “wash your hands” addendum for […]
As if it wasn’t clear enough in the past our recent election cycle has given a crescendo to the binary nature of our country. Equally clear is that binary has ever more narrow crossover to the middle. Espousing either perspective often seems to both send the disagreement in equal and opposite inertia and create negative […]
You could fill a whole wall in biggest office with clever sayings about anger… “Anger turned inward is depression,” “He who angers you defeats you,” “Anger is just one letter short of danger” …and it goes on, but perhaps the most pertinent lesson for business would have started back when your first rages hit: “Don’t […]
