People spend billions of dollars a year, and fly all over the world, to discuss and debate and analyze leadership. But what if it’s simpler than that?
Even though no one seems to understand their success with living, breathing people — instead attributing it to cash or hand or KPIs or margins or some other BS — Google has long been one of the ‘best places to… Continue Reading
I’m a weird person, and I have weird thoughts as I walk down the street, and yesterday was no different. It was slightly after work and I was going to meet my wife for a meeting. Completely based on nothing,… Continue Reading
There are differing types of less-than-stellar management, including: The Merry-Go-Round The No-ROI Deliverables Model The ‘Set A Fire, Resolve A Fire, Brag About Fixing It’ Model The ‘I’ll Tell You Exactly How This Needs To Be Done’ Model The ‘Let’s… Continue Reading
The first thing you need to realize whenever anyone discusses a topic like “the future of work” is that said concept varies drastically from A-Place to B-Place in the world. How could someone in an office park in Topeka, Kansas… Continue Reading
I write a lot about the whole notion of people who run around screaming about how busy they are all the time; here are a few samples: You’re probably not nearly as busy as you think Being busy is a… Continue Reading
Some new brain research out of Wharton (UPenn) recently, and while it’s not entirely fleshed out yet and has more potential for research options, this is an amazing section: One of the fascinating takeaways from our research is that people… Continue Reading
According to some recent research from Northwestern’s Kellogg School, diverse teams tend to actually perform more poorly than non-diverse teams. There are seemingly three basic reasons for this: Diversity erodes over time: As people work together for a while, their views and… Continue Reading
In a business context, B.R.A.V.E. indicates or stands for: Behaviors Relationships Attitudes Values Environment That’s pretty much everything, right?