A couple of months ago I made a presentation to a group of managers on a variety of topics including my observations as both a consultant and CEO on leadership. Here are the couple of slides I used. A couple of thoughts: 1) re leadership can happen anywhere in an organization – thank goodness – … read more
Arrived back from Oz on Saturday evening. By today I’m feeling OK but last couple of days weren’t great. You know you’re body’s in trouble when you leave Sydney at 7pm Friday evening and get into Honolulu at 8am Friday morning. Come away from Australia really impressed. Quality of life as defined by bars, restaurants, … read more
Currently a week into a 2 week trip to Australia. My son is starting school here. Some notes on the trip. Qantas missed the memo on making air travel as humiliating and unbearable as possible. They are a serious airline. 767 from Honolulu to Sydney (10 hours) was full. Service, in economy started as soon … read more
“If evolution was worth its salt, by now it should’ve evolved something better than survival of the fittest.” Jane Wagner. Quoted by Price Pritchard in ‘Culture Shift – The Employee Handbook for Changing Corporate Culture’.
Been busy lately. It definitely cuts into blogging. Some random thoughts from my travels past week or two. First, more people need to rethink their employment situations and seriously consider becoming contractors. Let’s face it – everyone is a hired gun now. The advantages of formally recognizing that you’re a hired gun through contractor status … read more
In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand (or attempted to do so). – wimp.com
That’s the title of the posting I put up 2 weeks ago on Craigslist. Saturday I’m hooking up with my new-found mentor. We’re heading down to Toronto’s Distillery District to do some learning/teaching. As he said “Jim there’s a reason it’s shot so much”. Cool. Connecting through Craigslist was easy. I only got two responses … read more
Empowerment. I hate the word. Very 80ish. Or was it 90′s? Way over used, abused. Also – based on lots of observation – one of the fundamental corner stones of a sustainable, high performing organization. Sustainable because empowerment (god I hate the word) means diffusing power, and accountability throughout the organization. Shifting the leadership, creative, … read more
My cool friend Paula stopped by the other day. Paula’s cool for a whole bunch of cool reasons. She lives in California. She runs a technology IR firm. She hangs out with big name clients. Coolest of all, every time I see her – like once or twice/year, Paula always shares her “you wanna know … read more
Tim Horton was a hockey player. Before he died a bunch of years ago he and a partner started a chain of Canadian coffee shops that are now a Canadian icon. Gazillions of dollars and millions of idling cars later, it’s all good stuff. A Tim Horton’s customer has a simple vision – get my … read more
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