My kids, mesmerized by the idea of worldwide scavenger hunt known as The Amazing Race, wanted to watch the race’s finale last night on CBS. So we did. The team that won did a great job. But so did the other teams. In fact, victory last night wasn’t determined by skill as much by logistics: [...]
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Here’s the scene: About four years ago, I was retained to work with an individual as her coach. We spent about six months together. Additionally, based on the work we were doing, she spent time with her boss and several of her boss’s peers. This was done with the full knowledge and blessing of said [...]
Ever find yourself near someone who merges onto the freeway at 35 miles per hour, and then guns it up to highway speed only after s/he is squarely in that right lane? If you were behind that person on the entrance ramp, or next to that person when s/he merged, you know that there are [...]
What a fantastic week for quitting your job! Did you hear about the JetBlue guy who popped the emergency exit and jumped? Yer doin it WRONG, dude! Or how about the “hottie” who quit on her chauvinistic boss by calling him out via a clever set of photographed white board cue cards? (See sample below.) [...]
“Low hanging fruit” is a phrase used in many companies to describe projects with a high likelihood of success. What a stupid metaphor. What kid ever went apple picking and picked only “low-hanging fruit?” I go apple picking every year with my family, and every year, I hear the same refrain: “Daddy, I want that [...]
I get this question on a semi-regular basis, generally in relation to “sales guys.” As I was with 100+ “sales guys” last weekend, as well as a handful of their managers and executives, this question came up a few times. Typically, I find that star performers bend rules. It’s what they do. It’s not that [...]
The punchline here could be, “When people are uncomfortable and afraid, they don’t perform nearly as well as when they’re comfortable, so make sure to give them the structure they need.”
But it’s not.
The punchline is, “This behavior is OK for a 5 year old…”
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