You have just been touched.  Your boss has come down, placing their hand on your shoulder, and anointed you the next leader within the organization.  You are to be given a team to inspire, manage, and lead into the growing future of your company.  Congratulations!  Do you know what team you are getting? It is an important question that you need to answer...

Promotion.  We all fight for it when we work for a company or someone else.  We want a new title, a raise, more responsibility, and more influence a promotion can give us.  One of the most difficult promotions is where it occurs amongst your peers.  Yes, I am talking about becoming a manager/leader amongst what was once your peer group.  Woe to the new...

The kingdom of your business is made up of two entities: the employees and the vendors. Each has desires that can compliment and compete against each other. Each provides your business with information that is tainted with bias and self-interests, yet valuable none the less. The Vendors’ Desires The desires of the vendor is to have a client use, promote,...

In a previous post I wrote about how an inconsistent manager can create discontent amongst their team.  Later, during a discussion about this in my business planning class, I was reminded about an old manager I had.  He used to say that he would be consistent in treating us all as individuals.   At first blush this sounds like a complete rebuke of what I had...

I had a recent conversation today with an old work colleague. We were discussing her recent adjustments to her new position at her new company. She has been very excited about the opportunities presented to her. Recently her company had launched a new product. While the first two quarters were good for her she was not in the top. Instead another person on her...