Tough Assignment
You can recover from disaster. The worst situations can be salvaged. You can transform what looks dark, dreary, hopeless, or chaotic. You […]
Tag: win-win
Road to Success
You’d be forgiven for thinking that the best roads to success in business are named Battle, Struggle, and Competition. You are better […]
Or Don’t Play
Win-win is one of the four major ingredients of success for whatever success you want. “Win-win” is shorthand for “win-win-or-don’t-play.” Or, “Let’s […]
You Simply Can’t Know
We often are baffled by other people’s behavior. And we rush to ascribe the causes. Yet in trying to figure out why […]
How to Clear Lingering Tasks
We waste time and energy on lingering tasks. They distract and drain us until we finally deal with them. If we have […]
Delegation Fail
Traditional delegation, whether by telling, pleading, bribing, or manipulating, does not work for very long. That’s because our job is not to […]
Gagillions
The effort it takes to keep a trade secret or preserve a patent may not be worth it. Companies like Apple and […]
Hard Work Has Nothing to Do With It
Hard work is not one of the ingredients of success. Showing up and doing the next best action again and again? Sure. […]
Better Interviews
The usual way to think of a job interview is as some sort of a test. The interviewee, wanting to be judged […]
The Pitch
A pitch is a presentation to get people to consider our offer. (We all have something to offer.) Whether presenting to the […]