Who’s Got Your Back?
Flipping through the Southwest Airlines magazine on my flight to Charleston, SC last week, an interesting statistic caught my eye. A ...
Firing...There is Never A Good Time
It's firing season in college football and apparently for NBC's Matt Lauer. What do Texas A&M, Mississippi State, Arkansas, Tennessee all ...
Are You Mentally In the Game?
Mentally, this World Series, especially Sunday’s game in Houston, has been an emotional tug of war between extreme excitement, raining home ...
Are You Flushing Cash Down the Toilet?
Why would two women flush the equivalent of nearly $120k down a restaurant toilet? That’s what prosecutors in Geneva want to ...
How Do You Respond After A Crisis?
The past several weeks has been filled with numerous natural disasters and some man-made ones as well. While I had planned to write ...
The Real Reason Toys R Us is Bankrupt
I read another story today linking Toys R Us’ financial demise to the dominance of Amazon. It’s not Amazon’s fault that Toys R ...
Are You Rewarding All Wrong?
How did you celebrate Labor Day? For many it signifies the end of summer, for others the beginning of football season. ...
Stop The “Hire Slow. Fire Fast.” Madness
You probably have heard of the famous saying “Hire Slow. Fire Fast.” That can work fabulously in a large corporation. If, ...
Leadership Through Learning
I just hung up the phone with a technology professional who stated, “I can only get management to agree to send ...
Leadership is Nothing About People Liking You
Like parenting, leadership is not measured by favorability ratings. I recall after one of my first promotions at Motorola, another senior leader asked ...
