Defensive Management
Remember learning to drive? Oh, the joy… Steely resolve as you nervously clutched the wheel, the front of the car peeking hesitantly out of the driveway. Hypervigilance on full display as you scanned busy...
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Manage Like You’re Shipwrecked
There was a time in my career when I’d gnash my teeth and wail silently inside at the injustice of the talent I was given to work with. How come I didn’t have only...
Elements of Strategy, Part 3: What Gets Measured Gets Done
Part three of a series, “Elements of Strategy.” Check back each week for more insights. No one is sure who said it first: Peter Drucker? Edwards Deming? Lord Kelvin? It doesn’t really matter, because...
The secret to management
30% of management is figuring out whether or not what you’re doing is helping the organization. 20% is figuring out how to stop doing the stuff that isn’t helping. 30% is executing the stuff...
What gets measured, gets managed
“What gets measured, gets managed.” Peter Drucker said that, and with good reason. Far too many business decisions hinge on what’s “good for us,” “core to our mission,” “innovative” or any one of a...
