Monthly Archives: November 2018

A New World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rrivHxCeeY

So, I’ve been reading about the Wells Fargo situation, and it was recently announced that two of their senior executives were put on leave. Now, that’s not that surprising, given the events which transpired at the bank…thousands of accounts opened fraudulently in the name of sales goals, employees terminated for not making quotas. The response was to launch an ad campaign which seemed woefully inadequate and didn’t address the fundamental question of “how could this happen?” Continue reading →

When Being Humble Hurts

I was talking to a good friend last week, and he asked me to take a quick look at his self-assessment year end appraisal. My friend is very qualified, excellent at his job, but I was quietly freaked out because he was so modest. So while year end assessments can feel like an administrative PIA, they are important. A couple of hints:

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Personal Profitability

I’ve been working on a new presentation…as some of you know, I get invited to speak occasionally about My Lessons Learned. It’s always lots of fun with great questions. I started thinking about the thing I am most passionate about and have been practicing the last 25 years…and that’s what I’m calling Personal Profitability.

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