Right out of college, I took a position as a detail draftsman at SCM Photocopier Products. The 2-person drafting/design teams committed to 55 hours per week (10 hours per weekday and 5 hours on Saturday) or 110 hours per team. I was days away from starting my MBA program at Read more…
What is the daunting challenge you face month after month, year after year that, if resolved, would make that quantum difference in your company? It’s 2019 and time to ponder what you or your company must do to “move the needle” on your business or your department. And, by Read more…
“Thank God It’s Monday” | What is Big Company Syndrome? This week’s focus: Leadership Innovation. How to tell if your company is plagued with big company syndrome.
The resounding World Series victory boils down to one word: Leadership. The Boston Red Sox won because they had a better manager, better hitting and better pitching. The Red Sox manager out managed the Los Angeles Dodger’s manager. Here’s how I see it. Clayton Kershaw, the Dodger’s ace pitcher, allowed Read more…
I’ve thought and read quite a bit about the late Senator John McCain since Saturday evening when I learned the Senator had passed. One tweet really stood out to me from Kasie Hunt (@kasie), a NBC News Correspondent on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.: Sometimes people ask me why Read more…
Here are 2 things that caught my attention this past week: How superior collaboration led to the safe rescue of the Thai soccer team The sportsmanship displayed at the FIFA world cup finals Collaboration: The Thai soccer team rescue was due to incredible collaboration by some 900 rescuers. It Read more…
H&M Group, a Swedish clothing retailer with 4,300 stores globally at the end of 2017, has a major problem: US$4 billion of clothes that it can’t sell as a CNN article suggests. The board seems to be a bit paralyzed over what to do about this problem. They are afraid that Read more…
A simple Google search for the word “par” reveals, “the number of strokes a first-class player should normally require for a particular hole or course.” For example, a par five would be completed with 5 strokes to make par on a par five hole. This definition reveals why I’m far from Read more…
One of the things I often hear people say is, “I can’t say that. I’m just a _____.” This is so demeaning to you personally and devalues the perspective you bring. Usually, the person thinking “I’m just a ______” is positioning themselves on a lower level within a hierarchy. The Read more…
In an article I authored for FastCompany.com called How Much Experience Do You Have?, I quoted my then CEO, Harold Pinto, who offered: “Someone who repeats the same year of their life fifteen times doesn’t have 15 years of experience; they have one year of experience repeated fifteen times.” Employees Read more…