Valuable Insights for Today's Leaders
To break down silos, follow Elon Musk’s mandate for communication to travel the ‘shortest path necessary’
Are the silos in your company impeding your ability to accomplish initiatives with colleagues in other departments? People should talk with each other directly to make the right things happen.
Frontier Airlines should have praised crew that duct-taped passenger on Philadelphia flight
Effective leaders celebrate employees for doing the right thing even if it violates a company policy or procedure.
With lives at stake, it’s time for Govs. Abbott and DeSantis to forget politics and lead.
A primary responsibility of Govs. Abbott and DeSantis is to keep their citizens safe. Leaders are supposed to lead. It’s time for them to do so.
Why you should empower employees to violate policy when in the company’s best interest
Employees who on occasion violate company policy for the right reasons are your change agents and future leaders. Celebrate them.
Need to terminate a direct report? Allow the individual to maintain their dignity
Terminations are never easy. Informing a direct report “we are going to part company” takes some of the sting out of them being informed of their termination.
Congress must take action on climate change to create a better future
The five largest investor-owned oil companies “accept the consensus in the scientific communities on climate change. There’s no debate about climate science. It’s economic activity … that leads to emissions [of carbon dioxide].”
Reflecting on 7 years of leadership advice
To mark my 7th anniversary writing for the Philadelphia Business Journal, I reflect on the leadership principles that I have written about in my columns and in my book, “Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success.”
Warren Buffett on ethics and integrity
In speech to MBA students, Warren Buffett, said, “There are three things in hiring people [that you] should look for: integrity, intelligence, and energy. If the person doesn’t have the first … the latter two will kill [you].”
Post-completion reviews of acquisitions improve success of future opportunities
Performing post completion reviews of past acquisitions is a powerful tool to improve the outcomes of future acquisitions. They should be part of the board process.
How to become the preferred provider to your market
Being the preferred provider to your market, the company that everyone wants to buy from, is a huge competitive advantage. Give a great customer/client experience, hire the right people, and lead them in the right way.
The Business Roundtable: Generate shareholder value while acting as a good corporate citizen
More CEOs should adopt the Business Roundtable’s principles. More business schools should administer the MBA Oath at commencement. It’s the right thing to do.
The unintended consequences of Amazon’s forced attrition goals
The last thing you want is for employees to feel as if they are competing with each other. It reduces trust and collaboration among team members. It’s not productive for employees to widely dislike such a cutthroat cultural norm.
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