Organizational experts, management profs and business pundits have been wringing their hands over how to deal with millennials at work for over a decade now. Meanwhile, work life goes on as usual. Corporate America’s bigger and more profitable than ever. Frogs haven’t rained down from the sky. What happened to[…] Read On
I once had a CEO who despised salespeople. Actually, he didn’t despise all salespeople, just his own. It’s not that he saw sales as a necessary evil. More like comic relief. He wasn’t much of a marketing fan either. His favorite description of us was “limp dicks.” The guy used to have[…] Read On
The receiving end of communication is all about listening between the lines to understand what people really mean. It’s as true in business as it is in life: It’s more important to hear what people don’t say than what they do say. Easier said than done. The other day I[…] Read On
Nobody is permanent Everything is on loan here Even your wife and kids Could be gone next year – Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders We often rail against the transient nature of life. Why, I don’t know. All things begin and end. Life, relationships, companies, buildings, planets, stars, even the very[…] Read On
It’s ridiculously hard to be successful over the long haul. It’s a lot harder if you don’t know the basics. Factors like global competition, channel conflicts and supply-chain issues are tough enough to overcome; you don’t need internal problems to make it even harder. When it comes to running a[…] Read On
Q: Where can you find the nastiest, neediest and dumbest narcissists on Earth, all in one place? A: Twitter. It’s common knowledge that Twitter users exhibit the worst human behavior imaginable that doesn’t involve a weapon. The anger, cruelty and vitriol is so pervasive and off the charts that, even[…] Read On