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Category Archives: Leadership
Portals to Mindset Changes
I hate cell phones ringing when something important is going on. Yet you will never, ever hear my phone go off in a presentation, meeting, church or other event when it’s inappropriate. The reason is that every time I go … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Rants
Tagged cell phone, meetings, preparation, technology
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Remember D-Day
At 0016 hours today, the Horsas began to crash-land near the Caen Canal in Normandy, France. The liberation of Europe was under way. Over 24,000 young men jumped from planes or landed in gliders to support the 160,000 men who … Continue reading
Your Meetings Suck (And So Do Mine)
My latest efforts to improve my leadership focus on the subject of meetings. Specifically, how to reduce the number and duration of those meetings and get people back to work. You have too many meetings, they suck and the people … Continue reading
Fire 20%
You need to fire 20% of: Customers Products Features Things you do every day each and every year. A lot of those things made sense last year or the year before. And a lot of those customers may have been … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Product Development, Rants
Tagged 80%, customers, Lefsetz, product development, profitability
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It’s Never About The Money–UAW Wages Aren’t Why U.S. Cars Suck
Interesting article in The Truth About Cars on how Ford still has an $8/hour fully-loaded disadvantage to the transplant (Japanese and non-union) automobile manufacturers. The union wages and union rules are red herrings. Yes, they make for good talk and … Continue reading
What Are You Quarterbacking Today? Or Are You Getting Things Done Instead?
The hardest position to play in football is quarterback. You have to be an excellent athlete, of course, but also have the intelligence to learn complicated playbooks, manage the clock and show leadership to your team mates. To be a … Continue reading
Corporate Sports
Go into any office, particularly early in the day once everybody has had a chance to get settled and have their coffee. What do you hear? Keyboards clacking away, punctuated by the periodic click of the mouse as the send … Continue reading
A GOOD Race to the Bottom
It’s been said that you don’t want to be in a business that has the ability to be commoditized. A commodity business lends itself to a race to do just a bit more for just a bit less–a few more … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organization
Tagged leadership, management, organization
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Good Google: A Reorg!
Google recently did some reorganization under Larry Page, raising the visibility of some executives and removing some others. Normally I don’t think too much about the organization of any given company, given that I have no idea how the company … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Organization
Tagged Google, leadership, organization
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Is Your Recruiting Team Damaging Your Brand?
The economic crunch continues with many good people still looking for work. As an employer, it’s good news in a way. There’s lots of great talent from which to choose, and you can generally get a qualified individual for less … Continue reading
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