Small Minds
In the latest Balancing Act Newsletter I talked about the current trend in colleges to avoid “micro-aggressions” which are defined by the administration as acts such as saying “you guys”…
Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 10/12/2020
Happy Columbus Day! Whoops? Am I crazy? Have I been hiding under a rock? Will everyone unsubscribe? A scant year ago I drove my buddy and local media star…
Unabashed Promotion
Who’s writing the next page of your life every day? No one? Someone else? You? Are you writing a new page or the same one repeatedly? Learn why “legacy” is…
Witch Doctors
What do you think may the difference between witch doctors and modern stock experts?And why do psychics need cell phones? Listen to this podcasts and to Alan’s answers and oh…
The Rainmaker
Who is more important, the one who acquire business or the one who delivers it? What is a corporate welfare state? Listen to Alan discuss these answers, the four characteristics…
Do I Have Some Standards for You
What do you think is the proper etiquette regarding following people on Twitter? What is Anal Insistence and how may it possibly relate to you? Where could you get a…
Validation
My observation and experience is that business leaders are looking for confidence and validation. These remain tumultuous times, but no one can afford to merely stand still. Even if you’re…
Interview Trick
When someone asks you, “What are the three essential….?” in an interview, reply, “There’s really only one, and here’s what it is….” Don’t confine yourself to an interviewer’s lazy questioning,…
Pay for Quality and Expect Quality
If you’re spending time obsessively checking the quality of the work of subcontractors, or looking into the legitimacy of their expense reports, or answering question that they should already know…
What If It’s Not “This or That,” But Both?
Folks, let’s understand that seldom does one advance in any area replace all that went before it. We still don’t have a checkless society, nor paperless offices. We continue to…