What in the shit is a Chief Strategy Officer?
Chief Sandwich Orderer? (You’ll understand the joke if you read the post.) Continue Reading
Leadership
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?
Delegation skills = make more money
The theory goes like this: if you want to nuke the targets, please your boss, and make more money, you need to be in control of the process. You need to “own” it. If a subordinate owns it, they’ll probably mess it up! Targets won’t be nuked, and there goes your vacation to an Oregon winery. Continue Reading
What managerial skills does a boss need?
Hint: No. 1 is “understanding the work that needs to be done.” It should probably read, in part, “understand and prioritize the work for others.” Continue Reading
Negotiating salary in the interview
“We know you said $60,000 was your range, but we’re now thinking about $42,000. The VP wants to take his wife to Chile this fall, you see…” Continue Reading
Your strategic road map is pointless, sir
Another thing that many middle managers tend to shroud in process — as opposed to pursuing the effectiveness of the idea. Continue Reading
Work stress is fixed with better priorities
You beat stress by being calm, and you get calm by knowing what matters. But at work, that’s often nearly impossible. Let’s fix it. Continue Reading
One on one meetings: How to improve them
“… but we have technology to deal with that now!” Bad idea. Continue Reading
Internal recruitment: Yes, it’s valuable for you
Stop hiring off FOMO. Continue Reading