An Ode to the Principal
I was driving to an appointment with a good friend of mine who used to be a principal. I was also contemplating asking him to do a presentation at a conference on leadership, culture,...
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Beware of Cost Cutters
About a week ago I heard a friend of mine had been fired as MD of a winery. In addition, the marketing budget of the winery had been cut severely. All of this on...
Strategy aint all that easily implemented!
Over the past few years I have increasingly realized that strategy is not being implemented. I see it in the business world. I read about it in the academic world. I hear about it...
Start Your Actions!
This article is dedicated to all those people who make things happen. I salute you! I always tell my students that 75% of companies worldwide fail because they do not execute strategy. Statistics that...
Empowerment is not for Sissies
A while ago I published an article on whether one could empower your employees. The point I made was that it was essential to first create an environment within which your employees would feel...
Multiply or Die!
This title sounds like the law of the jungle. It could also have been read as survival of the fittest. Let me explain what I mean. I had the opportunity to attend a morning...
How Entrepreneurial is Your Training?
Entrepreneurship training sucks. Most of them in any case! Way back in 1993 I started with my MBA. One of the first articles I stumbled upon was “Teaching Entrepreneurship through the Classics.” The author...
Sharing Your Knowledge No Longer a Nice-to-Do
A number of years ago, knowledge used to be viewed as a source of competitive advantage. Those who knew were in a better position than those who did not. Those who could memorize masses...
Having God Moments
I had a nice long chat a week or so ago with someone I respect a lot. He has been a mentor, coach, friend, brother, for as long as I can remember. He told...
Can You Bounce Back?
A good friend of mine and I had a long chat a while ago on a Saturday evening. In the course of the conservation, he dropped the bombshell that he was not that certain...
