Presentations: Five Sure Ways to kill Your Opening

As a leader you may have thousands of serious professionals under the banner of your corporation, government, military organization, your nation. There are people out there who are willing to Continue Reading →

Manager straight talk: A Vision of effective corporate HR

In Sun Tzu’s Art of War, a strategy to win a war is to break the enemies supply line. What does it say about the corporate philosophy when you haven’t even Continue Reading →

Manager Straight Talk: Seek the Worthy, Hire the Skilled

This is one of my rules when hiring… Though your boss may not agree. I attribute the ancient Chinese saying to Zhuge Liang, the legendary chief counselor during the Three Continue Reading →

Manager Straight Talk: Why evaluations are important

Are you a manager who isn’t getting enough satisfaction from your job? It could be you need to be doing more evaluating!   The most satisfying aspect of my experience Continue Reading →

Be a Good Manager: What would you do if…?

You are an executive at a startup company. You noticed one of your most productive engineers is working through dinner again and you suspect this is becoming a common pattern. Most Continue Reading →