J.L. DRISCOLL
Manage Yourself, Lead Others
Recent Articles
We’re All In The Service Business
It wasn't too many years ago that all the major business journals were proclaiming that our once proud industrial based economy was in decline and that we would soon have a service based economy. Economic debate focused on the desirability and the consequences of an...
Get The Measurements Of Your Linemen
It's that time of year, balls of all shapes and sizes , games of all descriptions are in progress. The Super Bowl is just completed, the basketball season is in full swing, baseballs are coming out of the closet and the Winter Olympics are right around the corner. Is...
Good Housekeeping Seal Of Profitability
The trash containers were over flowing, the floor was dirty and the employees seemed to be going about their jobs in an uninspired manner. While I was there to buy hamburgers and not to do business analysis, I quickly came to the opinion that this was a poorly run...
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SKIN IN THE GAME
We were all born with “skin in the game”, both literally and figuratively. And with that skin in the game, we were given the free will to care for the literal and the responsibility to impact the figurative. This book is about five areas where we all have “skin in the game” and in which, together we can have an impact: Citizenship, National Service, Fair Taxes, The Public’s Education, and Crony Capitalism.
IT’s YOUR BUSINESS
IYB is about is all about “getting results through people”. The job of the manager is different from all other jobs. The engineer, cook or accountant are all expected to get results directly from their own efforts. The manager’s work is different because the manager is expected to “get results through people”.
Non$ense & Common$ense
Commenting on the heroism of the men who fought the battle on Iwo Jima in World War II, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz remarked, “Uncommon valor was a common virtue”.
Unfortunately, in today’s world it seems that common sense has become an uncommon virtue. Non$ense and Common$ense is dedicated to exposing the everyday contradictions in public discourse that if left unchecked will erode the independence that so many sacrificed so much to achieve.
406 cLUB
The 406 Club honors the American way of life, the individuals that make it possible, the families that perpetuate it and the Patriots who serve to protect it. Often heroes without headlines, but these are stories that should not be forgotten and that will inspire all of us to do the right thing at the right time.
JOSEPH L. DRISCOLL
Joe began his business career in 1972 following five years of service as a Marine Corps aviator. Founding his first business in 1978, Mr. Driscoll’s entrepreneurial career then spanned the next 40 years before recently retiring as Chairman and Chief Executive of both the Lansmont Corporation and Team Corporation.
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joe@jldriscoll.com