Endorse Me Or I’ll Kill Myself
This crass marketing strategy on Linkedin to encourage "endorsements" is stupid enough, and people requesting, in effect, strangers to support their capabilities in coaching, consulting, psychotherapy, and neurosurgery is simply ludicrous. But even dumber are those who take offense when
Rising to the Surface
No matter how long you can remain underwater, you eventually have to surface in order to breathe. That fact obtains in organizations, as well. The "surface," where you can breathe freely, is at executive level, where decisions are made and
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 7/1/13
July 1, 2013—Issue #197 This week's focus point: We use "culture" fairly indiscriminately, citing it to explain why things don't change or can't change. We talk about school cultures, business cultures, culture clashes, merging cultures, and so forth. In my experience,
Myths
Don't allow yourself to be misled or undermined by baseless myths in our profession. Examples: • The summer is dead, don't bother marketing. The thought that businesses stop and all senior people disappear for 90 days may be somewhat true in
The Correct Wine for Hot Dogs
Our granddaughters are sleeping over, so we decided to stay in tonight (we took them out last night to a restaurant on the water, and were rewarded with a swan cruising over for a handout). My wife is a superb
Great Blues
I'm sitting at the pool around 3 today with a Cuban cigar, a Nestle's Crunch, and the Wall Street Journal. Just when I don't think things can get any better, a pterodactyl (AKA, Great Blue Heron) flies a loop over