On December 7, 1941, my Dad was seriously wounded in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Another sailor, Tommy Thompson...
Some people shoplift. As a result the rest of us waste time trying to get pricing tags and glue...
The book’s about to close on another week. Another week that for many was pretty much like the prior...
Disagreement on Priorities
Blog, Execution, Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Team EffectivenessA Little Less Talk and a Lot More Action. This country song wasn’t written about business. The phrase, however has...
…AND Get out of the way
Blog, Execution, Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Team EffectivenessLead, follow, OR get out-of-the-way. Thomas Paine said it a couple of hundred years ago. Business and military leaders...
Urgency, Speed and Reality: What to Do When You’re New
Blog, All, Business, Execution, Leader Letter, Leadership Development, Strategic PlanningLeaders change jobs and the stats tell us that high performers in the post baby-boomer generations do so more...
“With all due respect…” really means I think you and/or your idea are lame and not really worthy of...
In a university commencement address several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises, spoke of the relation...
Trying to control what you can’t is a fools mission
Blog, Execution, Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Team EffectivenessSome decisions defy logic and at the same time illustrate that those in-charge are not in-charge of as much...
Do your customers know?
Blog, Execution, Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Team EffectivenessI’ve been to Colorado a lot this year. Enterprise is my car rental company no matter where I land....