There are two basic engines for getting people to buy what you offer: You can invest a lot into placing info about you in front of your customers, doing it so often that some of them will give you a…
Strategic Insights from a Strategy Game
Several years ago I became consumed with a strategy game called Outwitters (for iPhone/iPad). Not only was it really fun, I learned a lot playing it. I know, I know. Some of you are skeptical that playing a game could…
What if we led with Gray Thinking?
I read my first leadership seventeen years ago and I still remember it vividly: sitting outside, back against a fence, literally turning the pages as fast as I could with my heart pounding. Sadly, I’m not exaggerating. 🙂 But even…
What to do if you work for a bad boss
What do you do when your boss is bad leader? In How To Fail As A Leader, one of the main characters has real problems with the vision and direction of his boss. Sadly, this is not a fictional problem….
Preserver the core in order to stimulate progress
Good to Great, by Jim Collins is one of the most read and admired leadership for business books in the last thirty years. And it’s one of my favorite’s, too. It’s full of insights on how good organizations go to…
The more goals you set, the less you achieve
I spoke at an event a while back and the other keynote speaker was one of my friends, Jim Huling, co-author of the #1 best selling book, The 4 Disciplines of Execution. (It’s a great read. I highly recommend it.)…