Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/01/18
We look back, somewhat embarrassed at our pasts: haircuts, fashions, entertainment, behaviors. We ask ourselves, “What were we thinking?” Disco? Folk songs? Tail fins on cars? Peace signs? Pinky rings?…
Life Balance
The seventh and final book in The Ultimate Consultant series is a book for everyone, whether you've read the prior six or not, and whether you're a consultant or not.
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/5/09
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo®’s mission is to help readers to thrive. October 5, 2009—Issue #3 This week’s focus point: There are people who profit from a prolonged downturn, so…
Want to Stand Out in A Crowd? Just Pay For It.
Most of us—maybe some of us—realize that being in a Who’s Who simply means that you’ve paid for the placement and agreed to buy books, and that a great many…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 05/13/2024
While in high school, I worked two summers at the local A&P for about $1.25 an hour. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company operated from 1859 to 2015, and…
The Breakers Is Broken (Dumb Ass Stupid Management)
The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL is an historic and grand property, first opened by Henry Flagler in 1896. It has huge, European, arching public areas with great detail on…
New Book by Shawn Kent Hayashi
Shawn is in my Super Coaching Program, and this is her latest book: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Publicity Contact: Ann Pryor, Senior Publicity Manager [email protected] 212.512.3578 CONVERSATIONS THAT GET RESULTS AND…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 01/25/2021
When I read something—in the New York Times or Wall Street Journal or a newsletter, or online—that I don’t agree with, I either move on because there’s no reason…
The Folly of Hourly Billing
I pioneered value based fees for consultants in the late 90s and my book, Value Based Fees, (Wiley) is now in its third edition and on audible. I first published…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 4/26/10
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo®’s mission is to help readers to thrive. April 26, 2010—Issue #32 This week’s focus point: Housing and car sales are up, unemployment is edging down,…