How do you create a success environment where all team members can bring their best? There are five roles which you need to play to make people feel safe, energized and productive. Which of these five roles do you need to […]
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Whenever I’m in Italy, I enjoy a good espresso. There is one barista who is the best. Even when using the same machine, the same technique, and the same coffee, other baristas can’t match the quality of his espresso. He […]
Success is often achieved by simply avoiding mistakes. There are five big mistakes if you want to build a high-performance culture in your team or organization.
Recently, I wrote about how to lead a team of experts, when you’re not an expert yourself. Let’s focus on the other side of this coin: As a deeply knowledgeable subject expert, how do you help your subject-ignorant boss to […]
While enjoying my summer holidays, I was going back in my mind a decade or so. I noticed two interesting things. First, many of the the issues which were important at that time, are no longer on my radar. Did […]
Fashionable nightclubs use a velvet rope to manage entrance: Only the chosen can come in. The more fastidious the bouncers, the longer the line of people wanting to get in. A long line of people trying to get in, builds […]
The most dangerous number in business and in life is ONE. You are on shaky ground if you have only one supplier of goods, only one customer, only one way of making a living, and only one solution to your […]
Imagine you’re faced with two choices: Join a promising start-up, or continue to work for an organization? A tough call. Joining a promising start-up has huge upside potential, but how much risk are you willing to take? If you need to make a […]
The great business thinker Peter Drucker once observed that the purpose of a business is to get and keep a customer in a profitable way. When a businesses loses track of its purpose, it is headed for failure. Several years […]
A few years ago, I decided to buy a new television set. I did my research and I found the model I wanted on the internet. To support the local economy, I went to the neighborhood electronics shop to buy […]
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