That seems counterintuitive, right? You want to be chasing strong ties and strong relationships, no? No. Here’s why, as explained somewhat by Stanford University research (and FSU research): Recognize that weak ties are more valuable for job performance and careers than stronger relationships. That’s… Continue Reading
I talked to my friend about this the other night and thought it was interesting, so I decided to turn it into a quick blog. I wouldn’t say that “smart” and “fast” are necessarily the only two ways that an organization can… Continue Reading
Meetings take up a lot of time. But what if they helped guide managerial decision-making? Just came across the writings of this guy Art Petty and specifically this blog about ’17 Ways Your Strategy Will Fail.’ I’ve written about this a… Continue Reading
From here: Humans experience an average of 60,000 thoughts a day. That’s one thought per second in every waking hour. Amazingly, 95% are the same thoughts repeated every day. On average, 80% of those habitual thoughts are negative, according to… Continue Reading
I’ve been doing some writing and editing for this OPEN for Business blog recently, and today my friend Steve Dunlap fired off a new post about “firing yourself.” The concept is pretty basic to understand, but to summarize, every year —… Continue Reading
Of course, BuzzFeed has a quiz on this. Here’s my intro story for this: probably in about 2008 or so, I was doing one of those unwise ‘let’s-drink-all-day’ Saturdays in NYC, and by about 8pm, my core friends were totally… Continue Reading
Linda Hill and Kent Lineback appear to collaborate often, including on this book about “imperatives for becoming a great leader.” (The No. 1 imperative for that, IMHO, is caring about something more than just targets.) They wrote an article for Harvard Business Review on… Continue Reading
Sometimes when people discuss “strategy” breathlessly, I don’t know what to say. Who cares about strategy at some point if you don’t have a team in place that can actually “execute” on the strategy at hand? It’s kind of a… Continue Reading