In his poem If, Rudyard Kipling described the qualities that would set a person up for success. While the tone of Kipling’s poem might be a little out of place in a modern, egalitarian age, it highlights many fine qualities, not least the benefits of a healthy perspective on failure and success.
What If doesn’t do is to point out the seeds of those qualities already lying within us all…. Read More»
Back in 1983, David Ogilvy, the famous British advertising executive and ‘father of advertising’, doubted that more than 1 out of 100 advertising campaigns contains a big idea, highlighting the poor state of creativity in advertising. Instead of looking back, let us look forward and ask ourselves what the future holds where creativity is concerned…. Read More»
How we view age is about to shift radically. Think about it, we’re seeing huge advances in work-based technologies, and we’re facing a massive wave of retiring baby boomers. What this means is we will see age fade significantly as a key factor in judging talent. What will matter is adding value…. Read More»
It’s a relief that there is no finish line. Each day, hell, each moment is an opportunity to do over what didn’t yield the outcomes we had hoped for. Sure we may not get what we want. Does that mean, though, that the opportunity is lost?… Read More»
My son’s high school senior class is in the middle of a game called “Assassin”. All players are secretly given the name of another classmate. The task: Track down (in your spare time) and shoot your target with a water gun. Players are eliminated until there’s only one left standing; winner gets bragging rights and some extra spending money…. Read More»
Regardless of industry, native language, or country of operations, executives the world over have the same complaint – their people need to do a better job at communicating clearly and succinctly.
So if you want to impress the people around you, improve the morale of the people around you, and positively add to your organizational culture, here are some behaviors to think about adopting:… Read More»
We sacrifice our health, our self-care, for someone else’s to-do list. To meet demands others place on us or that we place on ourselves. We do these things to because they are expected of us. We fill the proverbial plate full to reach a level of success we imagined for ourselves. What is it costing us, though?… Read More»
Love, truly is the essential foundation upon which relationships are built. Give with no thought of getting.
When you approach others—and they know you care for them and are really genuinely interested to help them —you are following the law of reciprocity and taking the necessary first steps to building a lasting, rewarding network from which you will benefit both personally and monetarily.
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While much has been written about the relationship between integrity, trust and profitability in the last few years, there are companies who have lived this for over 100 years, like a 165 year old, billion dollar plus, 6 generation family business in Wisconsin, Menasha Corp. Last year, in a discussion on the paradox of integrity, […] Read more… Read More»
Wisdom is a curious thing. Wise people don’t think they have it. Wisdom comes with humility otherwise it’s arrogance.
I found much wisdom in my latest Work That Matters guest. … Read More»