On February 5, 2012 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, a Super Bowl Champion will be crowned. I do not know which team will win, although, though I am a Cowboys fan, you almost have to root for Manning and the Colts at their home field. But I know that every team in the… Read More How Not to Win the 2012 Super Bowl
I don’t know how to identify an “expert” all that easily these days. Is a person an expert because he/she has written a book? Probably not. But, when smart people disagree, how do we decide who knows enough to copy and emulate? Consider this: is it good, or bad, to have meetings? In Verne Harnish’s… Read More Jason Fried May Sound Right, But I Think He Is Wrong – Meetings Are Not The Devil
I have spent 13 years reading business books and presenting synopses of these books to folks ready and willing to learn. It took a while (I’m not all that sharp!), but I think I am beginning to learn some things myself. In fact, I think I am ready to state, for certain, that there are… Read More 2 Ways To Guarantee Mediocrity (Or Even Outright Failure) – Poor Work Ethic; No Team Meetings
I had a wonderful time with a group of Gazelles coaches this past week. And as I talked with, listened to, and thought about their approach to their jobs, a few things came into sharper focus. A key text to this group of business thinkers is the book Mastering the Rockefeller Habits by Verne Harnish.… Read More “Huddle Up” – Practices Required for Success in Business (and Life)
A well respected management consultant and writer right here from the Dallas area, Bette Price, was quoted in The Daily Caller about President Obama’s role in the health care summit. From the article Chief Executive Obama runs a good meeting — even if it does run past schedule by Aleksandra Kulczuga, here are the opening… Read More Meetings, meetings, everywhere, everyday… –- President Obama may provide a good model
I am, like an ever-growing number of Americans, a free agent, an independent contractor, piecing together my income in a multitude of ways – in other words, I mainly work alone. Oh, I have all sorts of alliances. Karl Krayer and I conduct the First Friday Book Synopsis, and I do many things under the… Read More On the Perils of Working Alone – and a strong suggestion
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