Reading Time: 1 minuteIn Jim Collins’ best seller ‘Good to Great’, he talks about something he and his team of researchers refer to as ‘The Hedgehog Concept’. Here are the core ideas in…
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Surprise and Delight the Starbucks Way
Reading Time: 1 minuteMocha-frappa-latte-whatever. We don’t go to Starbucks for the $6 cups of coffee. We go because they are so good at creating an enjoyable, creative, and memorable customer experience. And they…
Think….Then Speak.
Reading Time: 1 minuteWe are all blabber mouths. 98% of people like to hear themselves talk, so they do a lot of it (fake statistic for entertainment purposes). Too often, however, we talk…
Assume Confusion Until Proven Otherwise
Reading Time: 2 minutesI apologize in advance for potentially giving credit in the wrong place on this, but here’s an interesting tip I picked up from the book titled ‘Judgement on the Front…
Navigate Daily B.S. by Practicing the Art of Candor
Reading Time: 2 minutesLet me first start by saying that I am not always a fan of ‘all-things-Jack-Welch’, but do think he hits the nail on the head when it comes to a…
Accelerate Your Personal Growth By NOT Doing These 5 Things
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a follow up to my last post, ’20 Things to AVOID as a leader’, here are the next 5 things (6-10) to avoid as a leader, and to move your career…
20 Things to AVOID as a leader
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs you grow into leadership roles, the way you deal with stuff changes dramatically compared to when you’re rising up the ladder. In order to continue your growth, here are…