This item continues our series on so-called classic business rules that can become corrupted in practice by poor leadership. Another classic says “develop a sense of urgency.” Yes. Everyone is in favor of cutting through imbedded bureaucratic delays. But if EVERY day is filled with meetings in which everyone seems to be flapping around, it’s [...]
This item continues our series on so-called “classic business rules” that can become corrupted in practice by poor leadership. As a leader you’ve been coached to make sure you “set stretch objectives for your people.” This is good enough advice if you are careful to make the objectives realistic. Too often, however, the stretch goals [...]
This blog post continues our series about how some “classic business rules” can be corrupted in practice by poor leadership. What if your boss says “I will leave you alone to run your own show, but the rule around here is that you NEVER miss your number.”? That’s autonomy with a big caveat attached. How [...]
This item is the next in our series about “great classics,” the business rules that make common sense but are often corrupted in practice if leaders are careless. We are told we should always benchmark against others if we want to be best in class. Serious benchmarking was especially drilled into business leaders at the [...]
There are many recommended business practices that everyone knows you are supposed to do, but which often get corrupted in practice. In a series of blog posts upcoming in this space, we will explore them. College students from the 1960s and early 70s can remember many of those great protest songs that erupted in those [...]
