Tradition – Just because you’ve always done it that way doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly stupid We love these posters at www.despair.com. They’re pretty funny and say what a lot of us are thinking at times. Many of them also
Read more →A common problem in many organizations today is the ineffective meeting. We’ve all been in them and odds are, several of you reading this blog have led those meetings. We’re talking about the team meeting that lasts an hour or
Read more →Allstate Insuarance has a series of commercials out about protecting yourself from Mayhem. Some of them are kind of funny and they all make a pretty good point. The ad campaign has obviously been successful due to the number of commercials they’ve
Read more →We heard an interesting comment this week from Ohio State’s new football coach, Urban Meyer. He said as a coach this time around he plans to stay in “center field”. He explained that staying in center field basically means to
Read more →Years ago when I was a kid, my grandfather used to ask me if I would be good if he gave me a dollar. Of course I would! He’d then ask if I’d be good if he gave me a
Read more →Every leadership book I’ve read, every seminar or workshop I’ve attended on leadership and every article on leadership that’s worth anything has had one thing in common… the assumption of a Vision. What’s interesting is they don’t all show you
Read more →Having your blinders on is an old saying that basically refers to not being able to recognize or accept what is around you. Many leaders today are living their careers with the blinders on and at the same time are
Read more →We read an interesting article today that is an interview with Ari Weinzweig who co-founded Zingerman’s Delicatessen in 1982 with a $20,000 bank loan. Today, the company is an Ann Arbor, MI institution, and Weinzweig has branched out into a
Read more →Friday, Oct. 7th is “Fair Day” in my home town of 12,000 people. Fair Day means the fair is coming to town for the weekend and on Friday the town pretty much shuts down. The city is closed for business!
Read more →It about drives us crazy when we hear people make the excuse of not doing something critical to their own success or the organization’s success because they were doing something else. It seems as though the simple art of multitasking
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