Telecommuting isn’t a new topic. Under the right conditions there are many advantages for both employees and employers. At both ends of the spectrum there are jobs that are impossible for telecommuting (i.e.: manufacturing) and there are jobs that are perfect (i.e.: some accounting tasks). We find the challenges in that grey blob in the middle. Those challenges can be our…
Everyone agrees that innovation is the magical key to the future, a strategic activity that cannot be ignored. A major topic of CEOs and MBA programs world-wide. The biggest obstacle to innovation in any organization has absolutely nothing to do with innovation. The biggest obstacle is that very few organizations create the strategic group culture…
The biggest challenge for most people when delegating to others is that they don’t trust their subordinates on a fundamental level. The inability to delegate is not a leadership problem, it is actually only a symptom of a larger leadership problem: the absence of trust and confidence. Who is responsible for building that trust? If…
There are basically two kinds of people who get involved in unethical actions in business. In one case, they are proactive and premeditated in their actions. In the other case, it just sorta happens.
I think like everyone, I could stand to drop a little weight. I’m not morbidly obese, but I have a specific weight, 195 pounds (or about 88.5 kilos) where I really start to feel awful. I’m lethargic, I have nightly acid reflux, blood pressure is up, and my lab results tend toward those seemingly inevitable middle-age…
Leaders must protect the most important asset generated by healthy organizational cultures: Trust. It is through the process of good culture that leaders earn trust of their subordinates. Leaders who ignore that lesson destroy corporate value.
There is no successful business model based on people making bad decisions out of bad information or ignorance… Except maybe dealing drugs. Decision making isn’t just about making quick decisions, it is about making the best decisions possible based on the best evidence available.
Thank you Jamie Meloni for the great interview at “That Business Show” from WHNZ 1250. I really appreciate the chance to share my ideas and philosophies of leadership. Your show is a great resource for the local Tampa Bay Region. You can check out what a great job Jamie does with my interview during the…
Tomorrow is the essence of optimism. It comes in at midnight – pure and clean. How it ends… is up to us.
I was able to crack the Amazon Best Seller Top 10 list. I came in as an Amazon Hot New Release and rode that wave to the Top 10. I peaked at #6 in the paid Kindle Occupational & Organizational category. But, I didn’t think to make a screen capture until later after the book…