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Not My Job vs. 360-Degree Awareness
Every organization has its weaknesses, known failure paths where danger lurks and breakdowns tend to happen. If you have any knowledge of human frailties, if…
December 1, 2011
Matrix Reporting Relationships Explained (aka Dotted-Line Responsibility)
We live in a complex world. Few things are easy or simple, and if they were, they would already have been done. In business, matrix…
November 22, 2011
What Gets In Your Way?
Presuming – you know what you want in life – you’ve taken the time to think things through – come up with a “roles and…
November 8, 2011
It’s the Mind That Matters
“Physically, there is not much difference between No. 78 in the world and Nos. 2, 3, 1, and 5,” said Novak Djokovic, the top-ranked men’s…
November 3, 2011
Hard Work Required
“I think he finally got the message that he’s got a lot of talent and he has a lot of ability but without the work,…
October 25, 2011
Unconscious Living
Ran across a golf book recently called “Unconscious Putting,” by Dave Stockton with Rudy Matthew. Its thesis is that while the long game in golf…
October 20, 2011
On “Willpower: The Greatest Human Strength,” by Roy Baumeister and John Tierney
Science has turned its attention of late to the study of willpower, and it should be no surprise that research has shown that self-control is…
October 11, 2011
A Commander’s Creed: Netanyahu and the Raid on Entebbe
On June 27, 1976, Palestinian terrorists hijacked Air France Flight 139 and flew it to Entebbe, Uganda. All non-Israeli passengers, except one French citizen, were…
September 2, 2011
The Power of an Auteur
When it comes to design, Apple is run by a committee of one: Steve Jobs. Jobs reputedly concerns himself with the most minute details of…
August 26, 2011
If everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority
When everything is a priority, then nothing is a priority. If everything is important, then nothing is important. Medicine responds to this potential dilemma with…
August 25, 2011
If it were easy, everyone would do it…
If it were easy, everyone would do it. And it would already be done. Face it, 90 percent of the time the easy stuff has…
August 23, 2011