Choose Optimistic Onboarding

None of us can control everything.  But we can choose how we react to events.  Choosing optimism and its associated hopefulness and confidence can be infectuous.  Organizations marked by hopefulness and confidence are inevitably more enjoyable than...

What Choices Direct Actions

"Strategy" may be one of the most mis-used business words around.  Just as many teenagers seem to punctuate their sentences with "like", "you know", "what I'm trying to say", and "whatever", business people...

Duck a la Onboarding

We all know how ducks look calm on the surface while paddling like mad underneath the water.  That is exactly the approach you should take to onboarding – and perhaps to the new year in general. Paddle like mad to get a head start before the start. Paddle...

Value Creation vs. Value Extraction

Maurie Cashman has some interesting thoughts about linking employee goals to an organization's exit strategy.  The quotes he's pulled from Lou Dubois' piece in Inc, get at goal setting. I continue to think it is important for owners to drive as much...