A home without books is like a room without windows.” – H. G. Rickover Maybe it’s because I’ve just finished Senge’s The Fifth Discipline, but I’ve begun to notice–more than I ever did before–who does and doesn’t have books featured prominently in their offices. I know I have a book obsession, so the shelves upon […]
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Reading for me is like applying large strips of Velcro to my brain. With each new thing I read, whether a business book, novel or local newspaper, I now have new information that other information can stick to. This new information always seems to help me find the patterns I need to drive the changes
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From Zappos.com: At Zappos.com, our #1 focus is our company culture. We believe that if we get the culture right, most of the other stuff, like great customer service and an enduring brand, will happen naturally on its own. We found that “Tribal Leadership” describes many of the steps that we took intuitively to build
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Have you ever caught yourself in a meeting thinking, “How does that guy know about that and I don’t?” Have you ever toured a new place and wondered, “Why didn’t my boss show me this sooner?” Have you ever left training saying, “Why didn’t the company send us to this years ago?” If you’ve had
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Want to improve yourself, your work, your family? Stop focusing your limited improvement time on your weaknesses. Spend the bulk of that time on your strengths. If you don’t know what your strengths are, you should find out. And, finding out has never been cheaper. For less than the price of a movie ticket (and
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