2011 June

Country & Community

Country & Community

As we brace to celebrate our national independence I will ask that you all oblige me as I go off script with commentary that is Read More

The Pursuit of Happiness and Significant Results

The Pursuit of Happiness and Significant Results

“The pursuit of happiness” is listed in the United States Declaration of Independence among the unalienable and sovereign rights of man.

In the workshops I Read More

Jump Start the Idea Process for Maximum Efficiency

Jump Start the Idea Process for Maximum Efficiency

Innovation begins with just one great idea – built upon, tested, retested and executed with care. It can take thousands of ideas, over the course Read More

Eat Your Heart Out, Kathy Bates – We’ve Got Some Real Misery Here…

Eat Your Heart Out, Kathy Bates – We’ve Got Some Real Misery Here…

OMG, how miserable are you?

Wow, according to The U.S. Misery Index , Americans are very, very miserable … Read More

Job Interviews – What should I wear?

Job Interviews – What should I wear?

Believe it or not, that is the first question you should ask yourself!  Why?  Studies have proven it takes us about five or six seconds to make Read More

What the McKinsey Report on Healthcare Really Reveals

What the McKinsey Report on Healthcare Really Reveals

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you probably know that McKinsey & Company recently published a report titled “How Read More

How Did You Lose Your Client?

How Did You Lose Your Client?

Lately, I’ve been reading quite a bit about how companies are still trying to fully recover and grow during these challenging times.  Among the most Read More

Can We Remove Risk From Our Strategy?

Can We Remove Risk From Our Strategy?

We look both ways before we cross the street.  We research the company we are dealing with before making a big purchase.  These are both examples Read More

Greenwashing: Electric Cars and Innovation Stalled

Greenwashing: Electric Cars and Innovation Stalled

Electric cars seem like the socially conscious, feel-good investment among environmentally friendly consumers. In corporate boardrooms, the innovation seemed well liked indeed.

 

What’s not Read More

From Homeless to Billionaire: John Paul DeJoria, Co-Founder of Paul Mitchell and Patron, Explains How He Did It

From Homeless to Billionaire: John Paul DeJoria, Co-Founder of Paul Mitchell and Patron, Explains How He Did It

John Paul DeJoria , ranked by Forbes magazine as the 66th richest man in America with a net worth of $4.6 billion, did not Read More

Putting on our 3D Glasses: New Lenses for the New Normal of our Agility Challenge

Putting on our 3D Glasses: New Lenses for the New Normal of our Agility Challenge

Agility is a three dimensional challenge of leadership and management. It always has been and always will be.  Mastering these three dimensions of Read More

6 Steps for Reducing Economic Anxiety in Your Office: How to Reduce Absenteeism

6 Steps for Reducing Economic Anxiety in Your Office: How to Reduce Absenteeism

“You can’t solve a problem with the same thinking that created it
” Albert Einstein

According to the American Psychological Association 75% of Americans experience symptoms Read More

Persuade – Don’t Take Ceremonial Positions!

Persuade – Don’t Take Ceremonial Positions!

Last, fall I wrote a post titled Speaking Truth to Power , that offered ten keys to speaking truth Read More

Bringing Passion Back to Corporate Planning

Bringing Passion Back to Corporate Planning

Many well-meaning managers and leaders assume that because members of the organization are “active” that they are also “effective.”  In reality, activity does not equal Read More

Interpreting Economic News: A Matter of Degrees

Interpreting Economic News: A Matter of Degrees

Here we go again. A wave of uneven economic new items about housing, employment and equities have made some entrepreneurs queasy. Should companies shift their Read More

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, discusses keys to entrepreneurial success

Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, discusses keys to entrepreneurial success

This week on The CEO TV Show, I sit down with Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos .

Hsieh, who sold his first Read More

Creating and Branding a Corporate Business Blog

Creating and Branding a Corporate Business Blog

We have all heard it by now: a blog is a great way to have dynamic content on your corporate website that brings in traffic Read More

How to Market When Traditional Rules No Longer Apply

How to Market When Traditional Rules No Longer Apply

The marketing ecosystem is changing—are you going to be an innovator or get left behind in the dust?
In a recent Read More

$4 Per Gallon Gas = Energy Innovation

$4 Per Gallon Gas = Energy Innovation

Expert Reveals Why Expensive Gas Will Be

The Fuel That Drives Innovations in Alternative Energy

Long lines at the gas Read More

Guess Who’s Coming Back?

Guess Who’s Coming Back?

If you’re one of those people who enjoyed the popular 2004 film Napoleon Dynamite , you’re in for a treat because Read More

The “Not So Dirty” Five-letter Word

The “Not So Dirty” Five-letter Word

Why is it that most managers shy away from the “power” word?  This appears especially true in a society where attitudes of entitlement prevail and Read More

Don’t Be a Weiner! Twitter Tips for Small Business After the Photo Flap

Don’t Be a Weiner! Twitter Tips for Small Business After the Photo Flap

All right, this happened .
It’s gross, none of us wants to Read More

Assumptions Are the Termites Of Relationships

Assumptions Are the Termites Of Relationships

In all business relationships we are always at a choice point, to assume and blame or tell the truth about how we are feeling and Read More

Improving the Economics and Clinical Outcomes of Healthcare

Improving the Economics and Clinical Outcomes of Healthcare

This week on The CEO TV Show, I interview George Halvorson . Halvorson is Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest private Read More

When You Think You Are A Leader Above the Law- Think Again

When You Think You Are A Leader Above the Law- Think Again

Dominique Strauss-Khan, Elliot Spitzer, Mark Sanford, and more recently Anthony Weiner.   My guess is those four names conjure up a pretty clear idea in your mind Read More