Do you know the critical path to getting things done?

Do you have an “open door” policy at your office?

Take this step today, open your door and leave it open all day. There’s no quicker way to lose touch with an organization than to close your door to write memos and send e-mail.
Trust […]

1. Face reality; never rationalize
2. Be hard on performance and easy on people
3. Know your unique selling proposition.
4. Remove the obstacles and let your people perform

5. Fire unprofitable customers

6. Hire people who are smarter than you

7. Be a healthy skeptic

8. Ask, “How may I help you Win?”

9. Know that you can never have […]

With today’s article in Forbes -, one clearly sees how much pressure chief executive, Alan Mulally is under to bring what would constitute an amazing turnaround. My advice…to Mulally is to find the truth about Ford and its internal struggles. Don’t hold more meetings, hold actionable meetings. And don’t accept the first answer or statement […]

So your company is going great, and someone there says you have to start a corporate blog! Chilling words or at least they were to me. But a friend of mine suggested Debbie Weil’s The Corporate Blogging Book and I’ve gifted it to two fellow CEOs already.
The book is expansive, clear and direct in tackling […]

Recently I had the great honor of being tapped by Lisa Hanenberg of Management Craft - http://www.allbusiness.com, for one of her wonderful Fireside Chats. During the conversation we talked about management, accountability, how to truly “kiss theory goodbye.” Lisa’s wit, charm and depth of experience made the conversation all the better. Look for the […]

To everyone who read and voted for my article,
Thank you for your support. Because of you, and many others who enjoyed “Accountability is Not a Dirty Word”, we took top place at ChangeThis.com.
Many of you sent comments about the importance of accountability and offered your encouragement to make it to the next stage. Well we […]