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Profit, Performance, and Pretense: Peeling Back the Layers of Corporate Cosmetic Surgery
I grew up in the era of the Rocky and Rambo movies. Sylvester Stallone was everywhere. Movie posters, t-shirts, lunch…
Succession Success: Priming the Next Executive Leader
Bad news first: Most executive successions fail. The research tends to peg failure rates around 66% for small and medium-sized…
It’s Hard Enough to Hire When Times are Good. How to Prepare to Sail Through Less-than-Ideal Staffing Challenges
If You Do this One Thing Well, You’ll Own Your Market For the foreseeable future companies that are able to…
The Subtle Poison: Insidious Corruption in Leadership
Leadership Corruption: Two true stories Nighttime in Nairobi. The policeman who had pulled me over let his rifle barrel drift…
Two Leadership Maxims that Should Change Your Leadership Forever
Two leadership maxims that will transform how you lead and manage: You will only manage others as well as you…
A Leadership Self-Assessment: A Simple Tool that Reveals All
“Am I good leader?” How to evaluate yourself and answer the question. Here are two maxims that – if you…
How to Lead Without Power: The Three C’s
How to Lead Without Power: The Three C’s One very common question that I’m asked is, “How do I lead…
Remembering September 11, 2001
Photo: September 11 Memorial, NYC “Mike November for Mike India, Mike November for Mike India, Mike India come in.” “Mike…
The Seven Character Traits That Set Excellent Leaders Apart
I leaked the other day. It was embarrassing. My wife and I were visiting friends, another couple. The conversation moved…
When Winning is Losing: How to Avoid Losing it All Along the Way
“The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that one other…