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Five New Management Metrics

Dec 16, 2011

I was impressed with this guest blog in Forbes.com, “Five New Management Metrics You Need To Know” by James Slavet of Greylock Ventures. James Slavet introduces some behavioral approaches to knowing if your team or company is getting the most out of its...

A tactic for strategic insight: magic wands & genie wishes

Sep 16, 2011

When consulting on strategy, I use a special tactic with my clients to uncover often-hidden understandings of the dynamics of the entrepreneur, the team, or the organization. I ask each of my clients, “If you could wave your magic wand, and get what you really...

The etiquette of the signature

Jul 22, 2011

So, how many emails do you get in a day?And how many from folks you don’t know (not spam) but need to respond to? If you are leading a business or consultancy, that number is going to be high, and the number of new-contacts-to-known-colleagues will be...

The Zen distance of a consultant – a secret to success

Feb 6, 2011

Consultants like to get things right, and this often leads them to lose their Zen distance in relation to their client’s and their clients’ teams, and so to over-commit their time and effort beyond their (compensated) scope of work. This is one of the easiest ways to...

A tool for evaluating anything

Sep 21, 2010

Examining results is a basic but often overlooked tool in decision-making – for business evaluation, about successful candidates you might hire, or for selecting companies as partners. Most decisions are emotionally based, and then rationalized. Last weekend I was in...