We have all done it. We smell the smoke, search for the fire, do everything we possibly can to put it out, and then fail to ever search for …
Leadership
Making the Leap
Wednesday, January 2nd 2002. I can remember it like it was yesterday. I had gone home to eat lunch with Mandy and arrived back in my cubicle …
Summer Camp Love
I love being outdoors but the idea of sleeping outside under the stars or in a tent has never been appealing to me. My father-in-law and two …
Accomplishment Through Others
If the essence of management is accomplishing objectives through others then this should be the Golden Rule of managers everywhere: What can …
What to Do When You Mess Up
A recent article that I read offered up three somewhat trite examples of how to "impress people with how you handle it when you've given …
Leadership in IT
Being an IT leader is hard. Actually, being a leader of any kind is hard but with the confluence of IT and business over the past decade or …
Change for Change Sake?
Are you an early adopter of…anything? Do like to have the latest and greatest of…everything? Do you live for the Zeitgeist? Do you even …
Just One Rule
OK, maybe there are two, but we'll get to that in a moment. What an interesting thought this is. For years, Nordstrom's employee handbook …
In Pursuit of Perfection
In cycling and speed skating (and perhaps other sports that I don't know about) there are events known as team pursuits. The goal is to work …