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- RT @leprekhan: Get two gift runs and put your best reliever in the game to get three outs and that happens. At some point, you are what you… 2 days ago
- RT @BCDreyer: Don't you hate it when you spend a half hour searching for your house keys and they were magnetized to your forehead the whol… 3 days ago
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Navigating the Crisis
Dear Everybody. Work the problem. We can do anything for a couple of weeks – but we can’t shut down our factories and storefronts (and restaurants and breweries and barbershops and bakeries and pet food stores and dentists and …..) … Continue reading
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Tagged corona virus, crisis management, economic meltdown, economics, Main Street
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Questions for Exit Interviews
The last couple of weeks I’ve conducted several exit interviews for the companies or non-profits I work with. This required me to scour my own files and ask my connections for questions they’ve either used before or questions they’d wish … Continue reading
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Tagged employees, exit interviews, human resources, Leadership, management, managing people
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On Judgment…..
I was asked last week about my thoughts on judgment. Here goes: Judgment (defn) – the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions. Judgment is what happens when INTELLIGENCE fueled by FACT GATHERING is curated by OUTCOME … Continue reading
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Tagged decisions, gut feel, intellegence, judgment, Leadership
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Southern College Football Trash Talk
We’re in the meat of the college football season here in the South and every Thurs/Fri the trash talking fires up among real diehard fans. For those of you either not fortunate enough to live “down here” or are novices … Continue reading
Digital Dawn
I arrived at the office this morning around 6:30 am — here are the Brands I’ve already digitally interacted with today: Fitbit, New York Times, Apple, Amazon, ESPN, Google, Flipboard, Facebook, Twitter, USA Today, Instagram, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Wall Street … Continue reading
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Tagged big brother, consumer data, digital tracking, privacy
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Destroying Customer Loyalty
How to lose long term customers… Continue reading
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Tagged customer retention, customer satisfaction, customer service, DirecTV, loyalty, the last mile
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Conduct Unbecoming
A young entrepreneur recently asked me what I thought the current US Presidential “race” says about leadership. I wanted to bang my head on the desk and deflect by saying “next question”. Instead I deferred with a “let me think … Continue reading
Interviewing Operating Executive Candidates
Over the holidays a friend wrote me asking my advice in developing interview questions for an operating executive to be her #2. “Managing the vacancy is better than managing someone wrong for the job”. Good point and good question. Aside … Continue reading
What Business Are You Really In ?
I’ve been meaning to write this post for several weeks — but had other distractions. A friend dropped by the office for a catch-up and was venting about his very frustrating relationship with his Sat TV content provider (DIRECTV). Assaulted … Continue reading
Do Simple Better
I love watching baseball – and my favorite is MLB TV and the MLB iPad app – where I catch any of a dozen teams I follow, including the Chicago Cubs. I love the Cub’s Manager Joe Maddon — one … Continue reading
