At the end of the day most interactions taken by an organization involves people and people are all about feelings and emotions on both ends of the transaction. What’s better for business, personal or impersonal impression?
What’s Your ROI on Employee Wages
Last quarters US Labor statistics said productivity continues to decline. What are you getting for the wages you are paying workers? If wages continue to increase and productivity is falling does that make good business sense?
Thoughts On A Leader Part III
The Founder has their dilemma but there is also a dilemma amongst new senior executive hires and major new investors in the company who usually comprise the company’s board of directors. Both of these groups are made up of individuals who have strong opinions and are accustomed to leading.
Thoughts on A Leader Part II
Leaders aren’t Leaders without followers. However, this can be a trap. Leaders can be misled by thinking that what they do or say is why people are following. It can be that their followers perceive they have something to gain either individually or collectively by buying into what their leader is or was selling.
Thoughts on a Leader Part I
Are you the right Leader for your organization? What makes a Leader? What are the long-held myths about Leaders? Were Gandhi, Hitler, MLK, Gordon Moore, Einstein, Genghis Khan, Mother Theresa, Steve Jobs effective Leaders? How do you measure the effectiveness of a Leader? Here’s how LinkedIn defines an effective Leader: As well as providing direction, […]
What’s Your Plan
Milton Friedman once used this analogy to explain the effects of Inflation. When you go on a drinking binge you get all the good feeling first, it’s later on all the bad stuff appears. I think the parties over and the hangover is starting to appear. Governmental fiscal policy since 2008 along with the pandemic […]