“Move Fast and Break Things” – sorry, but no. We should have learned that lesson from the Great Gatsby (100 years old this year). This mantra became all the rage emanating from Facebook, and feels like it’s become the modus operandi of some of our governments. Which has thrown an unflattering light on it. It’s […]
People and HR
What you do about people determines performance and culture
Your being nice might be the thing that stops your business from shining. “The Law of Crappy People states: For any title level in a large organization, the talent on that level will eventually converge to the crappiest person with the title. The rationale behind the law is that the other employees in the company […]
GPS Has Made your Leadership Team Worse
Leading and managing isn’t GPS. Yet I’m seeing more people going into leadership roles with an expectation that there’s a definitive roadmap for every leadership question or dilemma.
If it didn’t work out last time, why would you do the same again?
If you try something and it works out badly, would you learn to do it differently next time? Oh the tedium of generic questions. Because the answer certainly shouldn’t be an automatic “yes”. Or “no”. Because the context is everything. I gave a CEO I was working with advice once not to sack a member […]
Why the CEO isn’t taking your contribution seriously
If you’re in a Senior Leadership Team, your CEO should welcome your contribution to the business at large. But you may find that contribution isn’t always welcome. Here are the two key reasons I’ve seen this happen. 1) The CEO is a closed book and thinks they have all the answers. Growth opportunity is the […]