Blame it on Best Buy. Back in 2005, the nationwide electronics retailer came up with a new wrinkle on how to manage the company’s Minneapolis … Read more
Leadership Development: 7 Key Trends for the 21st Century
Leadership development is one of those topics that everyone talks a lot about but, all too often, does very little to actually follow up on. That’s … Read more
Creative Solutions? They Usually Require You to Think “Inside the Box”
There’s a great little story in Matthew May’s book In Pursuit of Elegance (Why the Best ideas Have Something Missing) about trying to solve the problem … Read more
The Netflix Backlash: Will Angry Customers Impact Company Culture?
I’ll admit it: I’m a Netflix fan. I haven’t been a big movie guy since my days of wearing tuxedo shirts while working at a Hollywood … Read more
Best Practices for the Creation of a Successful Sourcing Model
The concept of sourcing in the recruitment ‘supply chain’ is evolving in the current technology and social media age. One thing that defines the success of … Read more
Motivation and Delivering on Time, or Why Consequences Really DO Matter
This is third in my series, What Good General Managers DO I opened the series with a note that a good general manager makes sure s/he has the following … Read more
Corporate Culture: It Either Underpins (or Undermines) Your Corporate Brand
You create and reinforce your culture every day with the employee behaviors, actions and attitudes you recognize and reward. Last week I wrote about IABC … Read more
Why You Need to Identify The “Innovation Killers” in Your Group
Our colleagues over at ERE have a interesting post by Dr. John Sullivan on Identifying Innovation Killers — and the ‘Top 25 “That Will … Read more
The Art of Management and Dealing With Unresolved Issues
Sometimes, the greatest wisdom and advice about managing people comes from the most unexpected places. So it was for me this weekend reading the Corner … Read more
The Mark of a True Leader: Helping Talent to Find Another Opportunity
Friday is picnic night. My wife and I pick up food, bring it home, sit on the floor in our TV room and have a picnic. This is our little way to wind down … Read more