Management - Leadership

Steve Jobs famously said, “Here’s to the crazy ones . . .

“It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.” –- Jim Rohn, American motivational speaker.

Journalists, prosecutors and investigators like to use a simple phrase: Follow the money. The same should be said to any manager looking to overhaul a culture or revamp an organizational bureaucracy. Follow the money.

I was recently watching the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and ran into a story about Command Sergeant Major Martin Barreras, who died in a Texas hospital over the weekend from injuries sustained in an attack while serving in the Afghan...

Growing a midsized firm takes a top team with zero weak links.  Even one ineffective executive weakens a firm’s ability to address big problems.

My last weekend was spent reading 33 college scholarship applications from some amazing kids.
They didn’t just volunteer, they started charities.

With all of the news about bullying in schools, it’s not surprising that it remains a problem for grown-ups in the workplace.
Bullying at work can be toxic, affecting productivity, morale and employee engagement.

When bad managers are allowed to run free, everyone suffers.
Employees suffer – Employees feel unsupported, undirected, bullied, confused, unmotivated, unappreciated, frustrated, and constantly questioning, “is it me?

It’s always great when I can share research that makes it clear how important you are to your company’s success.

You can have terrific people working in the right teams and still not see the financial results you’re hoping for. Why? It could be that your organization’s structure is creating obstacles that compromise your workforce’s performance.

“No one thought it was a great idea, especially my boss. They finally gave in because I pushed so hard. Well you know what? It was the best and most popular part of the show.

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” — George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright.
In general, people like to talk more than they like to listen.

Editor’s Note: This was first published on TLNT on Veterans Day 2011, but it seems equally appropriate to bring it back today.

In a world where any employee can tweet their CEO, the lines that traditionally delineated power and influence have been blurred.
So much so in fact, when Dr.

From a management perspective, making decisions based on data is a clear win. Yet it’s often difficult to adopt a data-informed culture. In every organization, there are teams and employees who embrace this transition, and those who undermine it.