How Possible House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Twitter’s New CEO, And You Must Get The Balance Of Consequences Right
Kevin McCarthy is facing one of the classic new leader dilemmas: aligning expectations on his way to potentially taking over as Speaker of the House. Promising too little risks not getting the job in the first place. Promising too much risks negative consequences down...
Heed The Warning Signs Of Your Team Being Choked For Time
We’ve all seen it: more and more internal meetings and calls each getting less productive; people multi-tasking in those meetings and calls; people taking longer and longer to reply to emails or notes; decisions taking longer and longer. Just like shortness of breath,...
Relooking At The Value Of Large In-Person Meetings In Culture-Building
Two of my early articles for Forbes were on QlikTech CEO Galvanizes Team, Delivers 50% Growth, and on Five Steps To Turn Wasteful Meetings Into Drivers Of Success. The main point was on the value of large in-person meetings in terms of building and strengthening...
Successful Partnership Keys: Shared Vision And Values And Complementary Strengths
Some partnerships like dual Roman Consuls, William Procter and James Gamble (P&G), and Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard (HP) were extraordinarily successful. Other partnerships failed miserably at places like Deutsche Bank, Citibank, and Martha Stewart Living. When...
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