Confidence

“If you really want the job, get it and then worry about figuring out how you’re going to do it. If you really want it, you’ll find a way to get the job done. You’re as good as the next man.” I doubt that he ever spoke those exact words,...

The Times They Are A Changing

“Every action has an equal but opposite reaction”. Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion is as relevant to organizational change as it is to physics. Organizational change does not take place without considerable managerial effort. Effort requires...

Making Things Happen

Although business hadn’t been bad, it hadn’t been great either. It was time people stopped taking advantage of all the excuses that were available and started to put some numbers on the board. The President’s memo to the sales department encouraged...

Attention

What happens around your house when company is coming? Have you ever noticed what happens around your office when visitors are coming? After you make the announcement that visitors will be coming to your office, you don’t have to tell your employees to look...

Confident Performance

What’s the home field advantage all about? Confidence. Confidence improves performance. What do you think it would be like to go to the office and find 80,000 people ready to boo you to oblivion? Probably not all that much different than waiting for your boss to...