“People don’t leave jobs; they leave bosses.” – Anonymous Congratulations. You’re the boss. That means either you own the company; you are related to someone who owns the company; or someone thought you had the expertise, experience, or potential to be the leader. One of these applies, or you know something regarding moral turpitude aboutRead more
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When company scandals dominate the news, people start to bat the word “ethics” around as though it were a conversational shuttlecock or a nicety that merits an occasional nod. Neither a fad nor a trend, ethics is the foundation upon which successful organizations build their structures—the base upon which all else depends. Further, ethics underpinsRead more
Why would anyone want to be led by you? That’s the question that needs to frame your journey to becoming the boss no one wants to leave. If you have a hard time answering that one, try this one, “Would you want you for a boss?” When someone answers with a stare similar to aRead more
So, you want to be a consultant? What makes you think so? You like independence? Challenges? You embrace the unknown? The reality is you’ll probably be giving up a paycheck that comes on the first and fifteenth of the month, paid sick leave, paid vacation, and tuition reimbursement. In return, you’ll get what you probablyRead more
There are two kinds of organizations: those with a strong strategy and culture of change and those going out of business. In other words, what got you here won’t necessarily get you to the next level. The Pony Express did not become the railroad, and the railroad did not become the airlines. Vanguards in theirRead more
