Each year, there is a global fall dance – that is, the period of time between late summer and late fall when the heads of the business set the annual operating plan for the following year. There’s a colorful exchange between the leaders to determine the right balance between what they will and should deliver ...
My jaw drops open as I watch a senior manager type and send an email that we are constructing together. It takes her a full 30 seconds to open a new email dialogue box and search for the recipient’s name, and another 30 seconds at the end to spell-check and send. In this day and ...
I’m not always productive. Last Saturday, I got up at the crack of dawn, wrote a list of 20 things to accomplish on my white board and crossed off every single one of them. Today is not one of those days. I took NyQuil last night to ward off this annoying cold that keeps coming ...
Let me tell you a story about three little kids who wanted to sell lemonade. The first kid set up his lemonade stand on the busiest street corner in town and made a large sign that said “Lemonade – 5 cents”. He made 20 sales that day, totaling $1 The second kid set up his ...