Watch Your Tone!

Every now and then I have to take a few minutes to clean up my email boxes. With 20-30 emails coming in per hour, and 5-20 going out per hour, debris piles up pretty fast. Yesterday, while cleaning out my email ‘sent’ file, I came across a reply sent to a...

Release the Pressure

If things are a bit tense at your business, as seems to be everywhere because of so many reasons, you can greatly ease tension which will reduce error and accelerate processes.The good news is that you can have this hugely positive effect on your business by doing...

Taking Care Of Your Men, Tom?

Tom Peters, my business hero and virtual mentor, writes about his days in the Navy. Being ‘connected’ by relation, he’s flown to meet with Marine Commandant (in charge of the whole deal, Vietnam, as Tom says). Tom is a junior officer and somewhat...

What Is Management’s Job?

Management makes decisions. Management sets direction. Management imposes authority. Sure, all true. But none of these are the real function of management.Wrong.Management’s true job is to facilitate the jobs of everyone else. If you are in management, your most...

Is Your Cow purple?

One of my all-time favorite business books is Seth Godin’s “Purple Cow”. The essence of the book, though I would still encourage you to read it yourself, is that each business must distinguish itself to be successful. If you drove through farmland...