True Leaders Avoid Quick Fix Solutions
by DonPaglia Our leaders are working under an increasing level of anxiety. They face difficult questions like: How can they motivate people? How can they do more with less? How can they better balance their lives? How can they create change? How can they reduce stress in the work place? The more questions, the more […]
Sports as a Leadership Metaphor
Sports permeate our organizational language with metaphors spilling over into the everyday business-speak. Whether we’re going out to “beat the other guys” or we say we “struck out” or “hit a home run” or “we’re pumped up” and going to “give it our best shot” we speak this language as though we’re in the major […]
Seriously, Business Needs a Sense of Humor
“There is something tragically wrong with those who see business as un-fun. They cut off the possibility of creativity and imagination” Well-run businesses do well in economically good times and bad times. They tend to hire more employees in either market. The stock market is no indicator to slart a business, build up one, or […]
Data Junkies and the Fallacy of Expertise
Back in 201 A.D. the amount of data that existed in the world would fit on one shelf in your library.Today, data that is available to leaders is so huge that it stresses our biggest mainframes. Every time a new bit of information is conceived, it can immediately cross-pollinate with all existing data and double […]