It is job relocation time and you are all stressed? It is but obvious that a change can bring about this state of mind! There are...
One responsibility leaders have is to put people into stretch positions so they can grow. When they do this effectively, people develop. When they do it...
Have you ever heard of strategic inflection points? They are times in the life of a person, business, or industry when almost all the rules change...
When I walked into the first night of my first MBA class at Northeastern University, the professor had written this on the blackboard – “Counter Complacency.”...
Except for when I lived in Hawaii, I have spent most of my life within a few miles of the Atlantic Ocean. Like many folks, I...
Like so many young managers, Martha fell into the “lying trap”. Her boss asked her if she had followed-up on a sensitive customer issue and she...
I am trying to imagine this week what it would have been like to be Harry Truman on April 12, 1945. He was the same age...
All of us experience anxiety. Even today I experienced it as I was driving through Boston on my way to appointments in Rhode Island. The weather...
When is it a good idea to take on Pepsi and Coke? Apparently you can when it involves the Super Bowl. I’ve just been reading about...
Recently I heard Jim Cramer of Mad Money fame give a short interview on Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me. Among the things I learned is that his...
This past weekend I discovered an interesting article about the World’s oldest family businesses. The article made me curious – curious to learn what is the...
What is your organization’s success formula? Can you describe it clearly to others? If you can’t, you aren’t alone. While many organizations have developed practices that...
Last year I wrote a Blog called How Great Companies Deal with Economic Asteroids and included important concepts from Great by Choice by Jim Collins and...
Entrepreneurs are special. They launch companies, help create products and services that solve problems, and they create wealth. They pay taxes and fees to support an...
Last week I asked a young manager if he had heard of the musician Pete Seeger. He said, “I think so. I heard one of his...
Would you pay $37.50 USD when you can get the same domain name from GoDaddy at $9.00 USD? MelbourneIT seems to think that you do.
