I take Mark Hurst’s/Uncle Mark’s advice and read The Economist. A couple of weeks ago, there was an interesting piece in the Schumpeter called “The Catalan Kings.” The piece looks at one of the age old questions in sports AND in business: Is it better to buy talent or train your own talent? The article [...]
Tags: management·sports·training
I have been jamming at work. Lots of change. Lots of busy. Got myself promoted. I’ve been stressing about not having posted anything recently. I just finished reading a great piece from Knowledge@Wharton about the leadership lessons from Shakespeare’s “Henry V” – that of the famous “band of brothers” quote. If you haven’t seen the [...]
Tags: books·leadership·military·skills
I have been working on a series of posts detailing my thoughts on how I would fix or turn around a business operation. I would take a stab at a scenario an MBA candidate/intern threw at me. So far we have talked about financials, how to get a handle on your customers and understanding your employees [...]
Tags: change·management·operations·running a successful turnaround·tools
Quick read from Fast Company about the difference between Leadership and Management. When asked to define, Randy Komisar said: Management is more operationally focused. It’s more of a supervisory role of setting priorities, allocating resources, and directing the execution. Leadership is more forward thinking, more about enabling the organization, empowering individuals, developing the right people, [...]
Tags: leadership·management
I have been working on a series of posts detailing my thoughts on how I would fix or turn around a business operation. I would take a stab at a scenario an MBA candidate/intern threw at me. So far we have talked about financials and how to get a handle on your customers. Its all about [...]
Tags: change·genchi genbutsu·management·operations·running a successful turnaround·Tom Peters·tools
The Keys To Unlocking Your Most Successful Career by Joann S. Lublin from the July 6, 2010 WSJ online is possibly the best article I have read all year about managing your career. Great, great stuff. Five simple lessons. 1. Network effectively. I already love Lublin. You’ve seen me rant about this before. She recommends [...]
Tags: career·career management·coaching·Hannah Morgan·marketing·networking·personal branding·skills
Last week, I started as series of posts detailing my thoughts on how I would fix or turn around a business operation. Inspired by a promising MBA student that is doing an internship with us, I thought I would take a stab at a scenario she threw at me. Last week-ish we talked about financials. [...]
Tags: change·customer service·management·operations·running a successful turnaround·skills·tools
Last week, I started as series of posts detailing my thoughts on how I would fix or turn around a business operation. Inspired by a promising MBA student that is doing an internship with us, I thought I would take a stab at a scenario she threw at me. This week, let’s talk about financials. [...]
Tags: finance·operations·running a successful turnaround
This continues our series on how to run a successful turnaround – or – The Mike Lally Way. Maybe we’ll just call this RAST. Running A Successful Turnaround. The Mike Lally Way is just way too lame. Today, I will take a holistic, high-level view and in future posts, I will look at each element [...]
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Quote from the latest Tom Peters blog: Implementation—at the level of “chief” of a 4-person project team in IS—is and always has been and always will be primarily about politics. In fact it is axiomatic: Effective implementers are effective politicians, regardless of any synonym you may choose to substitute for politics. Wow. This hit home [...]
Tags: leadership·management·Tom Peters
