In this month’s Business Leadership webinar I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Richard Rumelt about his book:
Good Strategy, Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why it Matters.
Below are some notes from our discussion.
You can download the Webinar here:
DOWNLOAD: GOOD STRATEGY, BAD STRATEGY
(Downloads are free to members of Azzarello Group)
First and foremost, get this book! Read More
Why do so many executives fail when it comes to executing on their strategy?
The problem — their involvement stops with the talking part.
They just expect it “to happen” once they communicate the strategy.
It’s as though they believe that people throughout the organization will suddenly understand what new work they have to do, that resources will be automatically re-assinged without any pain, and individuals will understand how to prioritize new tasks over current work, so it will just get done. Read More
As much as you’d like to believe that good work should stand on it’s own, it doesn’t.
Building credibility and trust is essential.
But you can’t have credibility if you are invisible.
You also can’t have credibility if you are annoying! Read More
Long term goals are hard to achieve for 2 main reasons where our human nature betrays us.
1. At any moment, when we feel something is important, we want to do it right now. But you can’t accomplish a long term goal in a day. Read More
People often ask me if they should keep a work journal of some kind.
I was encouraged to do this early in my career — I did it for awhile.
Was it worthwhile? I wasn’t sure. Read More
Sometimes work can pressure you into being less than you can be.
As we begin 2011,
I encourage you to take back your career.
Succeed More. Like your Life.
I created my membership program to give people the tools, support and confidence they need to create a permanent improvement in their career. Read More
Happy New Year!
I want to kick off the new year with some big (maybe controversial) ideas about how you can genuinely like your job more.
This may sound heretical, but I just don’t believe in trying to LOVE your work. Read More
In this month’s webinar we talked about how to maximize your success and get more personal satisfaction from your work.
BUILD CAREER VALUE
Listen or download the webinar to learn more.
Many people ask me how to go about negotiating their compensation.
They struggle to figure out “what they are worth”.
Or sometimes when I suggest they are not paid enough and they should ask for more, they ask “am I worth that much?”. Read More
Sometimes even when people agree, they can’t communicate with each other.
I’ve seen this common problem play out with bosses and employees when they are both really smart, capable people, but they just don’t get each other — they drive each other crazy. Read More
