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Management & Leadership lessons from my dog – Part II: Recruiting the Boss
This is the second article from my dog Slider. This time she shares her views on how to recruit a proper boss. Dear readers, At first, I thought that I would deal with recruiting the boss in a similar...
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Why do great employees leave?
That is a question that I have found on the LinkedIn group “Executive Suite”. I love those questions, because there is an army of consultants and specialists and experts showing off all they know, and...
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Management & Leadership lessons from my dog – Part III: Leading the pack
After having reviewed how to communicate effectively and after having identified whom the boss should be, my dog Slider will now present her third topic, about getting the pack moving in the right...
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I want to hear laughter!
Here is the best anti-stress medicine I know: laughter. I have applied it in my professional life as well as in my personal life and it works superbly, and there is no negative side effects known to...
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Presence: the prerequisite for leadership!
Many books have been written on leadership and you can find about anything you are looking for that explains what makes leaders be leaders. For those who do not wish to spend time reading, a very...
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The Happy Boss
While there are many books written on employee satisfaction, not much seems to be told about what makes bosses happy in their jobs. Maybe people assume that bosses are happy because they are bosses, or...
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The KISS that will improve your life
Most of us have heard about the KISS acronym. For some reason, it is usually described as “Keep It Simple, Stupid” which I have always found a bit derogative. I prefer to read it as “Keep It Short...
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The importance of a cohesive team
In sports, everybody knows the importance of having a group of talented people who can play together harmoniously for the interest of the group. Not only must the team members be good at their...
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Genchi genbutsu
This is an interesting article from Economist.com about the Japanese way of getting out of your office and about having a look at what is going on in the plant. I like the part in which the author...
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Communication and persistence can make almost impossible assignments happen.
Some years ago, I got the project to set up a fish processing operation in Klemtu on the central coast of British Columbia. Some agreement had been made a couple of years earlier, as the whole project...
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