On Friday, I spoke with a woman who was working 80 hours or more per week to meet the expectations of her boss. To be fair, her boss might not realize how much time she is putting in. We discussed how often we assume others know what we are doing and how often they don’t realize what we are doing to … [Read more...]
Facing a not-so-new new reality
When McKenzie published the reading lists of global CEOs, I discovered only one book appeared on multiple lists: four CEOs listed The Seventh Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo. These guys (yes, all men) are charged with guiding their companies to success in the coming months and years, and four chose this … [Read more...]
Communication, Communication, Communication
While it doesn’t quite roll off the tongue like “location, location, location”, claiming that communication is to company culture what location is to retail isn’t such a stretch in my mind — see if it makes sense to you. Now when I say communication I don’t just mean an organization communicating … [Read more...]
Telling someone what to do isn’t coaching
You have someone on the team who isn’t doing his fair share. The guy hasn’t been a super star but a good worker most of the time. What do you do? Option 1: Get on his case; tell him to get with the program because there are five other guys waiting to take his place. Option 2: Point out what you’ve … [Read more...]
