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I was giving a talk this week to an
audience of CIOs and one of the topics
we discussed was choosing the level of
service you want your team to deliver,
and how to do specific things on purpose
to make sure your team is consistently
delivering that service. Read More
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If you want to advance in your career you
have to give yourself permission to not
KNOW everything and not DO everything.
And you need the imagination to do
more of what the business requires than
your job entails.
As I have been preparing for our next
monthly webinar on Avoiding Career Hazards,
I stepped back to think about what really
holds people back in their careers. Read More
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I hope so.
I have been continually amazed at how many managers are threatened by having really smart, capable people working for them. I seem to be encountering this quite regularly these days when more people are more nervous in general. Read More
Recently, someone that used to work
in my organization sent me this list.
It is from 1999, when I took the helm of
the HP OpenView software business,
which was about a one billion dollar
business at the time. Read More
Many of you have raised the question –
How come there are so many highly successful assholes?
Well…(sigh), clearly, being an asshole does not prevent you from being successful — we can all name at least a few.
And as you know, I believe that you will be most successful and most powerful if you are being yourself. Read More
You want to provide the flexibility for people to work
at home because:
As times get more and more scary, don’t expect
your high performers to keep knowing the company
wants them.
Even if they kind of know they are one of the stars,
telling them becomes even more important when
things get ugly. Read More
Many things set highly successful people apart,
but the one I want to talk about here is
where they get their good ideas.
Short answer: everywhere and from anyone!
One of the most critical factors in creating
big success is Imagination. Read More
Getting your whole team in the same room for a meeting these days is rare.
Conference calls have become a way of life.
So we all dial in dutifully, mute our phones, and do our email.
When people are in a meeting I expect
them to be “present” – listening, participating,
contributing, and NOT doing email. Read More
