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Entrepreneurs and executives tend to have the habit of handing off so they can move onto other aspects of a business for their limited attention and time. This is both necessary and desirable. But the achilles heel that can crop up repeatedly is the timing of the hand off. The
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I think the pendulum has swung a bit far today. The perception that there are so many options because of saturated marketing and abundance of information on the internet and media channels can so often spoil us as customers. It's consumerism taken to the maximum self-centered position
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When we can take the emotion out of work that demands results, we can focus on performance and goals. Emotion clouds the true picture when it comes to measuring your sales results, productivity or quality of service. If you find yourself in meetings that are all about people's
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It's the end of the week and always a good time to think about what you accomplished before the next week starts. There's the work you have to get through to meet deadlines. If you are part of projects, then you are accountable to your team
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We forget the way things were. It used to be painful to get software developed to run part of or all of our business operations. The cycles were long and the tools for developers were not as convenient. When you bought software from a vendor, there would be six month
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Starting with respect for any person you meet is not only decent but wise. The truth is that people tend to judge by looks and appearances. Tall people tend to get respect immediately. The way someone walks or talks even makes an impact. But when you are in a world
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If you have worked in corporate environments, then you may have heard about career glass ceilings. It's where your skills, influence or situation prevent you from getting promoted any further in the pyramid structure on the org chart. Something is limiting you, whether yourself or your environment. If
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The art of organizational change and management is not easy. People have their own motivations, inspirations and constitutions. Throw all that in a mix and it's hard to figure out what to do with accountability and getting to goals. But one thing I have learned working with people
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We are well into the first thirty days of the new year, and I imagine some of the projects you have going are gaining momentum. Others may have already been forgotten. If you are seeking to streamline operations or grow revenue by using technology, the temptation is to overengineer the
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I love the anticipation of the new year. From a business cycle, it's exciting to see how much energy and refocus happens in the first few weeks of the new year. We all got a little rest and reflection during the holiday and the fresh start energizes us
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My children hear me talk about considering others a lot. It's a mantra around the Dalrymple home, and when we see selfish acts or inconsideration, we don't let up on this most important of virtues. I do believe a lot of the pain and problems that
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Every day we wake up to complexity and ambiguity. This is what happens when we are all connected and can load each other up with information and decisions to be made. But that is the increasing value and challenge of the knowledge worker today. We have to make sense of