Organizational Culture (OC) is born out of an organization’s values, philosophies and actions. In other words, The OC Equation™: Values + Philosophies X Actions = OC You can tell a lot about an organization by their corporate values and philosophies, in other words,...
One of my clients has a business that makes money in spite of itself and the controlling and micromanaging leadership style exhibited by the majority of their executive leadership team. They’re rolling in revenue and profit – in other words, things look great on the...
Once upon a time… in a BIG northern city, there lived and worked two delivery drivers – one that worked for UPS and one that worked for FedEx. One day, the FedEx driver’s delivery truck broke down with numerous packages yet to be delivered before 5:00 pm. What was...
Managing based on the idea of the lowest common denominator (LCD) is based on a negative view of people and overall human nature and is intended to provide protections from the weakest link in the proverbial chain. The Rule of Expectations It’s been said that people...
Leaders, managers and employees, in general, spend countless hours attending meetings to review reports, plan activities, be berated for all the things that have gone wrong by a senior leader, or just wasting time discussing topics that have no appreciable effect on...
