Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/18/10
October 18, 2010—Issue #57 This week’s focus point: The Chilean miners persevered through an ordeal because they were organized, mutually-supportive, rallied around a respected leader, and kept themselves physically and…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 11/15/10
November 15, 2010—Issue #61 This week’s focus point: I’m writing this from Bora Bora, a dot in the Pacific where development has somehow meshed nicely with natural beauty. We landed…
Back from Bora Bora
We’re in LAX where I’ve showered and feel like a new man, after sleeping for most of the Air Tahiti flight, which arrived an hour early. Immigration was quick and…
For Car Aficionados
My new car is off the ship, through customs, and at the dealer. It is 621 HP, 0-60 in 3.7 seconds. Here is Bentley’s writeup: The Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible…
From Freud to Roosevelt
We were supposed to have a lovely dinner in New York on Wednesday, prior to Thanksgiving with the family, and then catch the play “Freud.” Instead, I wound up at…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 12/06/10
December 6, 2010—Issue #64 This week’s focus point: The beat goes on. We acknowledge trouble in European economies, we watch legislative stalemates, we’re bombarded with the latest inanities of pseudo-celebrities.…
Ahoy! Who’s Running this Ship?
I tell every consultant whom I mentor to assume the client is “healthy.” That is, the client isn’t “damaged” until and unless you see evidence that the client is the…
Returning from Berlin
Travel is often burdensome these days, but the beauty of it can still shine through, especially when you’re fortunate enough to be able to indulge yourself. Last night, Guido and…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 03/07/11
March 7, 2011—Issue #77 This week’s focus point: On a recent tour we learned that of 12 million immigrants to the U.S. coming through Ellis Island in New York, only…
Ellis Island
The Mentor Hall of Fame group took a private guided tour of Ellis Island.