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Tag Archives: Leadership
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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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
“Smart People Drag Around More Baggage”
One of my many breakfast discussions with business friends and associates got onto the topic of hiring (or electing) the right people — and what criteria really matters. Not just the simple stuff like verifying experience or credentials — but … Continue reading
The Kiss of Death
I get a lot of phone calls asking me for references and referrals — some from the Principals and some from interested 3rd parties. Most of them ramble around all kinds of background, education, work experience, problem solving and leadership … Continue reading
Ungoverned Spaces
The world at the moment seems a mess. Lot’s of despair and difficulty — and the news is laden with diplomatic and military discussions of Ungoverned Spaces — and the dissatisfaction and dissent that flourishes in them. That got me … Continue reading
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Tagged dissatisfaction, dissent, employee morale, Leadership, management
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Building An Advisory Board
I was asked by a friend to help his team think through how to create an Advisory Board. Here goes: – Don’t ask friends, customers or vendors (bankers, CPA’s, suppliers) to serve as Board members — you already have access … Continue reading
Managing Growth
This post comes from a question I responded to yesterday as a panelist at a CEO conference in NYC. The audience, all CEO’s of PE funded growth companies, asked “what tips do you have for managing acceleration of growth”. I … Continue reading
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Tagged growth, growth companies, growth initiatives, Leadership, momentum, speed
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