Tag Archives: ethics
Good to Great to Gone: The 60 Year Rise and Fall of Circuit City
Conference Board Review has an informative interview with Alan Wurtzel, former CEO of Circuit City, about the role of the Board, CEO, Strategy, those with dissenting opinions, and how the glacial demise of the company happened. I thought the most … Continue reading
8 Attributes of Successful People
Ideas from inc.com worth sharing: 1. Back-up plans tend to build in excuses 2. Put in an incredible focused effort 3. Work a LOT more 4. Avoid joining the crowd 5. Decide what results you want and set the goal. … Continue reading
7 Ways to Disrupt
“Massive disruption is coming, and the only question is whether your firm is going to cause it or fall victim to it.” Fast Company has a great article on ways to disrupt our businesses and make them more customer friendly … Continue reading
Google on men and women differences
This is a must see interview: http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/women-in-the-google-workplace/16A9B911-E7D9-4E1D-99E1-979CB1B0F35C#!16A9B911-E7D9-4E1D-99E1-979CB1B0F35C
CEO Denise Morrison WSJ interview
Denise Morrison also participated in the WCD Global Institute in NYC last week. She focused on the role and importance of building relationships and advice from a mentor. When I was with Aetna Realty Investors, the Department Head, Bill Russell, signed … Continue reading
We can create a crisis!!!
When we give a key employee a 2% raise and the CEO a 25% raise, aren’t we building in employee dissatisfaction and maybe even a culture of unfairness and haven’t we just CREATED a risk to the organization? While we’re … Continue reading
Avatars & Corporate Strategy or Crisis
Working through strategies, including crisis planning, can use video games and Avatars to work through the roles of the key participants, the variations in decisions and results, and the experience of the key participants working together, even if they’re on … Continue reading
