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On management: What’s it like to work for you?
Once somebody asked me to help him figure out what his people thought about his management style. It caused us to come up with a list of things we thought […]
On management: small crisis puts character on display
It started as a nightmare. After being on the road for two weeks in a motor home on the way to this year’s Kentucky Derby, I scraped the back end […]
On management: How to get into the Final Four of business
Even a part-time basketball fan like me had to get excited by the prospects for the big game last month between Duke and Butler. Part of the excitement had to […]
On management: “I want to be a lion!”
Only one hour after we had landed at the little airport just outside of the game park in South Africa it was getting dark, and we were in an open […]
On Management: Jobs
A lot is being said about jobs these days, ranging from “How do I keep mine?” to “How do I get one?” “The Snowball” refers to a book by that […]
On Management: Job interviews picking up? Part II
What makes a boss say, “I really like this person, I want him/her working here,” after just 20 minutes or so? What makes an interviewer who has prepared a list […]
Ritter has his priorities straight
Bill Ritter might just be tougher than all of us. Perhaps he has been able to make a decision to forgo power, fame and reputation in favor of family, love […]
On Management: Job interviews picking up?
A candidate for the sales job comes into the room, looking ready for the interview. She seems cool, pleasant and friendly. She has a confident manner, and over the next […]
On Management: Ski-lift snub raises questions
My wife and I were visiting the San Diego area for the first time. Quite a nice place to go! One day we wound up at Mission Beach at lunchtime. […]
On Management: A simple approach to selling more
We were being good parents, helping one of our children look for a house. (Details have been disguised enough in this story that none of those involved would recognize themselves.) […]
On management: If you are working you are probably running
Being retired now, I often sit on my front porch on these summer mornings and enjoy my coffee. We live in a cluster of what they call “patio homes,” and […]
On management: So you want to start a business?
In the early ’80s, things got tough for the Wiesner family. I was working for a medium-sized publishing company. A pretty good company. I was its president, doing well, but […]
