Guest Column: Rethink Leadership: The Unexpected Power of Expectations
by Christian Muntean As happens in the hallowed halls of Harvard, two sets of students were given two different groups of rats to run through a maze. Dr. Robert Rosenthal, who was conducting the experiment, informed the students that one set
A Minute with Alan® — Brevity and Pausing
June 19th, 2024 The key to brevity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZxQCGWWdRA
Hoops
I was watching the Boston Celtics championship basketball victory in Boston Garden with 20,000 people going berserk. It occurred to me and my wife that these people are men and women, black and white, native born and immigrant, straight and
DASM: We Have to Charge You for the Tap Water
We went to one of my favorite places for steak yesterday, where we hadn't gone for quite some time. All of the food was inferior. They had added a 3% charge to credit card payments because "We can no longer
A Minute with Alan® — Leon
June 18th, 2024 Leon, this is for you. You’re a great guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBsZLNgcEso
The Royal Flush
Watching Princess Kate attend the "trooping of the colors" was wonderful in that I was hoping she was indeed recovering from her cancer, though the type is still being withheld. But in another sense, I was thinking of the colorful old
A Minute with Alan® — Recline
June 17th, 2024 Mind your business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXiZzHTwAXo
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 06/17/2024
Many of my coaching clients over the years have reported that they inexplicably lack motivation (stagnant), feel they’re not doing enough marketing (guilt), and are overwhelmed (don’t have priorities). My response is almost always the same (assuming their physical health isn’t
Toxicity?
Suddenly everyone is talking about "toxic workplaces." They exist, I've seen a couple. But just because the boss tells you that you're not performing well and there are things you have to do to improve, doesn't mean you're in a toxic