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Two days ago I heard part of a taped interview on the radio. The last sentence stood out, as almost no other I have encountered, as a recipe for fulfilling one’s potential.
Because business has the heart to succeed
Two days ago I heard part of a taped interview on the radio. The last sentence stood out, as almost no other I have encountered, as a recipe for fulfilling one’s potential.
Tune Your Performance Assessment Meter As the evolved leader you are, I am sure that when you assess performance you try to use an …
This post is not about why you should focus on how to manage women better. OK, maybe just one sentence on that: Whether you are …
Economic policy affects our business and private life daily. But most people avoid thinking about it. Many bigger picture economic theories can seem impractical, …
The only thing worse than not having an understanding of customer needs is having an incorrect understanding of customer needs. If you think that …
You are only leading if they are following — i.e., acting on your ideas. Here is a surprising and extremely simple way to dramatically …
Splurge on promoting immense real impact by one of the coolest companies I have encountered. I had the honor of serving as a business …
The nth self-inflicted injury (Autonomy) flings Hewlett-Packard into recovery mode once again. I feel pained each time one of these poor decisions comes to light …
Who is NOT trying to make change happen faster? Managers want employees to take up the banner of [fill in the blank: More Innovation? …
A youngish friend, let’s call him Matt, got a great job with an exciting and inspirational start up right out of college. He was …
You have to read this article: “The Wrath of Putin”. (By Masha Gessen, Vanity Fair, April 2012. Link to online version below) It …
In the November issue of Fast Company you’ll find “Why, with so many businesses thinking small, the World Needs Big Ideas”. I love big …
The fun does not stop once the strategy summary is distributed and the initiatives list is complete! Here is the second and last section …
QZBJGG9HWXMN Everyone has a reason to hate operational planning. It takes too long. Worse, it takes all that time to do and is often forgotten. …
You’ve got very cool new technology that thousands of labs will love. The product is ready. Rev up the Introduction Machine and sell, right? …
I attended the TEDx Presidio, where the real question that speakers illuminated was: What is capitalism becoming? The theme was Reinventing Capitalism. I have …
Recently Duarte Communications generously instructed an elite set of social entrepreneurs* on how to design and deliver a truly great presentation. And on the …
The humor newspaper The Onion ran this front page headline: “Things Taking Entirely Too Long”. The accompanying photo showed a man staring at a …
In the business world, “Sustainability” started out as Lunatic Fringe talk, then moved up to window-dressing for Corporate Responsibility sections of Annual Reports and …
This is an invitation to be inspired and perhaps help change the world. Are you familiar with Social Entrepreneurship? Here is a glimpse into …
Most tech businesses have product marketing. Sometimes Marketing starts and stops there. If you build it they will come, right? Or, as one manager …
Sales are below plan. Does the blame game begin, or do both Marketing and Sales know what to do NOW to make a difference? …
Second post in the “Thanks A Million” series on great things that I have learned from employees or colleagues. I was on the Board …
Can you think of anyone who succeeds by focusing exclusively on the subject matter of his/her work? Yes, some artists who labor alone do …
by Dean M. Herman, Ph.D. http://www.hermanconsulting.com/ Have you ever noticed how hard your colleagues work just to be recognized? Think of how much effort …
Careers and companies rise and fall based on being right about how much innovation to take on at any given time. Reach too far …
People decide in 30-60 seconds whether they will pay the slightest bit of attention to you. If you slay that dragon, and they decide …
A process for innovative thinking sounds like an oxymoron, I know: It veers dangerously close to Dilbert territory. But it is risky to …
Preparing to launch an initiative? Avoid common and costly errors by asking one question at the outset: Process Task or Talent Task? This is …
The management toolset is full of processes, metrics, and strategies, but rarely contains philosophy tools. Philosophy and business are usually thought to be quite separate. …
Who advances in the business world often depends on management’s assessment of people’s “potential”. But what constitutes potential is often not clearly described. As …
A product marketing manager asked me if we were just wasting money and time on lead generation: The sales force had just informed him …
I recently saw a terrific documentary, “Objectified“, by Gary Huswit which is all about how things are designed and how design affects us. (Available …
If you had to choose two key rules to live by and a classic movie star to have on a desert island with you, …
Hopefully you have gotten a surprise gift at some point. How about one that you didn’t recognize as a gift? Mine came wrapped like …
I nominate Achievement of Projected Sales Ramp Rate (Time to Ramp – “TTR”) as the single most important metric for your business. To get …
Previously clear lines between Marketing and Sales are gone: Instead there is now a Marketing-Sales Continuum. The technology, sociology and economics of B-to-B Marketing …
Businesses and the people in them share a tension: They want to succeed and feel woefully short of the time and money to do …