The Core of Leadership – Trust
Reading Time: < 1 minute Trust is the glue that holds our leadership together. In a world of science and big data, we’d like to be able to reduce “trust” to an equation; but according to master marketer Seth Godin, that level of objectivity is not to be expected. Godin suggests that “trust” comes from some
“Exactly the Right Words, Exactly the Right Way”
Reading Time: < 1 minute Speaking of Presidents…..It’s hard to believe that it’s been thirty years since the Challenger disaster on January 28, 1986, when seven astronauts, including the first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe, died tragically when the space shuttle exploded minutes after liftoff. That evening, then president Ronald Reagan delivered an unforgettable 4-minute
New Year’s Resolutions: What Does It Take to Keep Them Intact?
Reading Time: < 1 minute We’re just over a week into the new year…how are your resolutions doing? If you’re already in ‘resolution recovery’, here are two suggestions for you: First, check out a few tips from Dr. Robert Cialdini, who may be the world’s reigning expert on the art and science of influence. When
Walt Disney – His First Vision and His Future Vision
Reading Time: < 1 minute The year 2016 will mark the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney’s passing (that makes a boomer feel old!). After his death, several CEOs tried various departures from Disney’s original vision. In recent years, the company has returned to its roots of focusing on great content in general, and superb storytelling in
Why Do CEOs Get Fired?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Invariably we read about a CEO leaving a company, and words used in the announcement make it sound like Company growth was not fast enough or the earnings could/should have been better. Boards are magnificent at masking the true reason CEOs get fired – afraid to hurt their feelings. When
To Be a Good CEO, Be a Navy Seal
Reading Time: < 1 minute The most important thing we ever manage is ourselves. Serial Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler who founded Marquis Jet (and sold it to Warren Buffet) and Zico Cocoanut Water (which he sold to Coca-Cola) felt he was getting stale and needed a coach….so he invited a Navy Seal to move in with
FAO Schwarz: Another Rise and Fall
Reading Time: < 1 minute FAO Schwarz, the legendary toy story in New York that was immortalized by Tom Hanks playing the “ floor piano” with his feet in the movie “Big,” closed this week after operating since 1870 and boasting 40 stores at its peak. Its demise is attributed to some of the same
Salary Equalization: Is It The Correct Decision?
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s often said that the “road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” This past week, a young CEO, Dan Price, who founded Gravity Payments, a credit card payments processing firm, cut his pay from $1,000,000 to $70,000 and raised the pay of ALL employees making less than $70,000 to
The Never Ending Danger of Losing Your ‘A’ Employees: Sniffing Out the Quitters
Reading Time: < 1 minute I continually hear from CEOs that it is hard to find A players – we have lots of B’s and C’s and, unfortunately, these types will not get us to the next level. Labor markets get tight is already tight in manufacturing and will get tighter elsewhere as the economy continues
Have you seen Jim Collins’ 12 GREAT Questions?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Jim Collins has become the pre-eminent management writer of our generation with such works as Built to Last, Good to Great, How the Mighty Fall and Great by Choice. In recent years, has been increasingly queried by executives as to how they could efficiently use this impressive, but voluminous, body
