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Look in the Mirror
Do you want to see your biggest opponent? Look in the mirror. Want to see your biggest ally? Look in the mirror. Which will you…
October 30, 2012
Code of the West
“Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street Can Learn From The Code Of The West,” by James P. Owen, is a book of heart stoppingly beautiful pictures…
October 18, 2012
Quality is NOT Goodness, or Even Excellence
Quality is conformance to specified standards. Goodness is an undefended term, even an emotional one. Even excellence is subjective, a value judgment that will vary…
October 16, 2012
It’s the NET in Net Operating Income (NOI) that counts
Several times recently Team Members have explained (fully or partially) an expense decision by saying, “It’s in the financial plan.” The rest of the story…
September 25, 2012
The Comma
Life is complex, business is challenging. If it were easy, it would already have been done a long time ago. The world is rapidly evolving,…
August 23, 2012
Avoid Defensive Bristling: It’s Not About Being Right but Getting it Right
You make a presentation to your boss’s boss. You’ve put a lot of hard work and late nights into the finished product. You’ve even done…
August 21, 2012
Under-Indulgence
Which tastes better? The first bite of that huge piece of mouth-watering chocolate cake or the last? Most say the first and by the last,…
August 14, 2012
Self-Handicapping
Self-handicapping is behavior that protects a person from being responsible for failure. Self-handicapping can be a form of self-sabotage: Some people may not apply for…
August 7, 2012
Feedback: The Fuel of Champions
Warning: This is a “put on your big-boy pants” blog. Ahead are ego-challenging, non-sugar-coated statements. Many people are challenged to take feedback even in a…
July 31, 2012
Triage: Can You Walk The Line?
Triage is a medical term for the process, in an emergency or disaster, of separating the injured into three groups: 1. The hopeless or those…
July 19, 2012
How to Get Ahead in Business
These quotations are taken from a May 18, 2012, Wall Street Journal article by John Bussey, “How Women Can Get Ahead: Advice from Female CEOs,”…
June 21, 2012