Why Aren’t You Delegating?
You have way too much to do, you’re buried in work, and it seems there’s no way out from under it all. But there is: delegation. Yes, yes, you know it’s important to do and you know it will save you...
View ArticleUPDATED: Major League Baseball Employee Reportedly Hacked Facebook Pages
If you are a Facebook fan of the New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, San Diego Padres, Miami Marlins, Washington Nationals, Atlanta Braves, or Los Angeles Angels...
View ArticleEvery Leader Is an Artist
The connection between leadership and art has been made many times over, usually as a way to single out certain properties of the arts that carry over to leadership, such as a jazz musician’s ability...
View ArticleCure Your Company’s Allergy to Change
Many organizations suffer from a tragic pattern: The chief executive officer launches a new change program with great fanfare and intentions, only to shelve it a few years later with little to show...
View ArticleLove, Trust, and Candor: Today’s Management Priorities
When my wife asks me “Does this outfit make me look fat?” I tell her the truth. And she does the same for me. It reflects the open and honest nature of our relationship. My wife wants me to present my...
View ArticleThe Power of Subtraction
“Less is more,” the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe liked to say. You may or may not agree with this as a philosophy of architecture and design. But in the world of business it can be a remarkably...
View ArticleWorkers with Disabilities Solved This Company’s Talent Crisis
When Gitanjali Gems set up its diamond-cutting, polishing and jewellery making unit in its 176 acre campus outside Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh in southern India, it faced a major human resources...
View ArticleThe Rise of Co-Working Office Spaces
“Co-working” office spaces, leasable by the day or month (think RocketSpace in San Francisco or The Hive in Denver) are multiplying in cities all over the country. Demand is predicted to expand by as...
View Article