“Just when I thought I was out; they pull me back in” Michael Corleone For a number of reasons, which I will not get into here, we are entering the second round of shutdowns, and this one promises to be more severe than the last time. This situation is leading to more frustration than […]
It’s The Small Things
The great companies always pay attention to detail. I have read numerous times that Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ives would spend hours working on the boxes their products came in. They would hold the cover of an I-Pod box over the bottom of the box and just drop it seeing how long and how elegantly […]
How Great Leaders Find Great People
There is an old saying that goes if you want someone to climb a tree don’t hire a horse, hire a squirrel. Kind of an inelegant quote but you get the message. To prepare for this column, the third in the series on leadership, I again looked through my library of business books to see […]
Real Leaders Care
Continuing our series about leadership this week. I went to my library to find a book about leadership. Perusing one of those books I came across this. I read a story about General Earl Hailston, the commanding general of Marine Forces Central Command. The general was interviewed while he and his troops were a few […]