This article is a last of a series about a turn-around engagement I had in 2021. Come along for a real life business story of The Peter Principle and/or The Dunning-Kruger Effect in action. The story goes like this… From the outside, even on the surface, the company looked successful. But by the time I…
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Summary. Midsize companies have weaknesses when it comes to addressing the talent issues they face — but they also have critical strengths. The authors present three steps leaders can take to leverage those strengths and prevail in the toughest talent market in memory. First, they should identify and prioritize exactly which talent they’re lacking — the…
Can we achieve operational excellence (minimize costs, maximize profits, continuously improve productivity and quality), at the same time do it ethically and legally? Should we? At the end of the year, I am retiring officially but intend to continue volunteer work like writing, helping young professionals, speaking at business events, and part-time consulting. As leader…
About the Podcast In this episode of “State of Readiness“, I welcome Marcy Axelrod, Author of “On Your Game” where she explains that each of us have our “A-game”; our individual “superpowers” that we bring every day. And most of the time we are on our game. But what do we do when we get…
Our thoughts, feelings, and actions are significantly impacted by those around us. We achieve agency over their muscle and sway only by recognizing how and when it’s happening. The quality of our work is the result. Well served are we to take note. This is one area I dive into in On Your Game –…
Employers don’t hire people – or assign them a project or task – in the hopes they will fail. And employees don’t take on a job, project, or task in the hopes they will fail. On the contraire, the expectations all around are that the outcome will be successful. Certainly, sometimes the outcomes are not…
