The Steep Mental Exercise of Child’s Hill
The team was undefeated but race with a formidable opponent was coming up soon. The opposition has the “home field” advantage in that the next cross country meet would be held in their town, on their 3.1-mile course, of which...Read More
Warren Buffet Underscores the Value of Reputation
It may be hard to quantify the value of a reputation but it sure is meaningful when one of the world’s most prominent financiers says it’s important. Reputation was a key message billionaire Warren Buffet conveyed in “biennial” memo to...Read More
Internal Communications Lessons from a PayPal Fiasco
Good initiative, bad judgment. That’s how I’d characterize PayPal President David Marcus’ message to PayPal employees leaked to VentureBeat. His note can be summarized by his final paragraph as posted by the same publication: “In closing, if you are one...Read More
10 Leadership Tips for 1:1 Meetings with Employees
The military places an enormous emphasis on “counseling” — 1:1 meetings between leaders and subordinates that define the tasks, conditions and standards. That is to say clearly defining the job to be done, the conditions in which those tasks will...Read More
How to get executive buy-in for social media
by Frank Strong Social media may be maturing, but there’s still a whole lot of companies out there that aren’t on board yet. This means that getting senior leadership’s support of social media engagement is still a challenge for some marketing...Read More
