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When Carly Fiorina became the CEO of Hewlett-Packard years ago, she lamented that the culture had become one in which “anyone can say ‘no,’ but nobody can say ‘yes.’” How decisions are made is a significant part of any company’s culture. Like Ms. Fiorina, most executives wrestle with the ... Views: 1143
A couple days ago I attended a meeting and a light bulb suddenly went off in my head. One of those “Aha” moments, you know what I mean? As I looked around the room I saw many people with a common goal, to become financially wealthy. Needless to say there is nothing wrong with the ... Views: 1240
Knowing how you want to be perceived is key in any career interaction. When you have an intention, you can make decisions that will lead you closer to realizing that intention. These are some questions I ask my clients to help them frame their intentions and then develop effective ... Views: 1661
I make my living in large measure helping executives understand how others see them, and then deciding what to do about that. The truth is that while most of us have a fairly complete knowledge of how other people's behavior affects us, we are generally clueless as to how our behavior affects ... Views: 1228
To the onlooker, John's life was idyllic. He was a vice president at a large financial services company. He earned great money and appeared to have a successful life. At the age of 43, his mortgage was paid off and his kids' college educations were funded. His wife did volunteer work as a member ... Views: 1140
What is The Way of the Business Warrior? If business is your game, get ready for the ride of your life.
First, let us begin with the obvious. In your business, you either make the sale, or you don’t. You do or you don’t, there is no try. You get the customer or you don’t, there is no try. ... Views: 1243
There are times in our career that we need to take a hard look at how we do business and figure out if it’s time to make changes to get ahead. Why make changes at all?
A blurred vision of the future, lack of productivity, ineffectiveness or the inability to get things done can be the ... Views: 1675
Numerous studies have been conducted exploring and testing the power and promise of expectations. And it’s been proven that many people make their decisions and understand themselves in the light of what others expect of them. When we know someone expects something from us---our attitude, how we ... Views: 1008
On a recent Mastermind call, the discussion was about self-management and putting on a game face in difficult situations.
There’s a problem with the game face when it’s used to neutralize our emotions. As a result, we can begin to be complacent by tolerating behavior that we would not accept ... Views: 1576
'Tis the time of year to rethink your business model and upgrade. The easiest way to do this is to revisit (or create) your money funnel. Even if you’re a newbie, this is a great way to visually see where you want the money to funnel into your business.
And for goodness sake, put the fun in ... Views: 1420
From Jim:
Have you ever thought about or tried to create your own reputation? That doesn’t make sense, does it? Reputation isn’t created. It’s attributed to you by the people who know and associate with you. That’s the whole point of a reputation: it’s based externally and arises from people ... Views: 1016
The annual performance review has become a dinosaur because it has failed to change and evolve much in the last 50 years, while everything around it in business has.
50 years ago we had secretarial pools, carbon paper and mimeograph machines for making copies. Everything was sent “snail ... Views: 1836