If you’re inadvertently revealing too much of yourself because your zipper’s open, you may be in for some severe embarrassment. Now, I’m not asking you to check the zippers on your clothing (although, it’s not a bad idea!).Ā In this case, the zipper I’m talking about is the mouth. When I was a kid, my…
DetailsI’ve never paid much attention to the belief that it’s a bad idea to develop friendships with co-workers and customers because a personal relationship might damage the professional relationship. Actually, I think a personal relationship only strengthens the professional bond between two people. Ā I also believe that the best way to reinforce relationships is…
DetailsHey, I’m not spying on what you do at work. That’s your personal, professional and private decision. What I’d like to do is share with you an article I recently read about game theory at work. Ā This particular Wall Street Journal article, “Latest Game Theory: Mixing Work and Play” (WSJ), says that businesses from…
DetailsI noticed a good response to my last post about the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon, so I thought I’d add a bit more fuel to the fire and tell you about my feelings towards Wall Street and how the Street overlooks the needs of middle market companies, such as Shamrock. A few days ago I…
DetailsUntil the Next Big Thing, the media is swamped with stories about “Occupy Wall Street”. Even the big guns, such as the Wall Street Journal‘s reporter, Douglas Schoen, who states that OWT “… comprises an unrepresentative segment of the electorate that believes in radical redistribution of wealth, civil disobedience and, in some instances, violence. Half…
DetailsRetired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, credited with the death of Iraq’s Al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was recently interviewed by Inc. Magazine. He discussed what business leaders can learn from the military. McChrystal is known for speaking his mind (which may have cost him his job). I admire the man for his honesty, despite the consequences.Here…
DetailsFrom the Ancient Egyptians who buried their Pharaohs with possessions they might need in the afterlife, to the Ancient Greeks who believed that there was one last Ā journey in the afterlife thatĀ included being ferried across the river Styx by an eternal boatman, different cultures celebrate and mourn the passing of a friend or family…
DetailsCreating a business Facebook page is easy. Maintaining it – not so easy. Sort of like raising kids. Producing them – easy. Rearing them – not so easy. If it were easy, there wouldn’t be a new 5 BIG RULES FOR SUCCESSFULLY MARKETING A FACEBOOK PAGE every week or so. I’ve read dozens of Top…
DetailsRemember when mission statements and corporate values were the big buzz words on the block? It all started in the late 1990s. Big shot management gurus adopted this theory that if chieftains of theĀ organization came together and developed a mission that drives a company, the company would flourish, and its people would multiply, and…
DetailsI have a theory that, if you are stripped of everything: your home, your family, your job… your entire legacy… only then will you really know how you are regarded by others (to paraphrase the Beatles, Will you still love me…).Ā This vision of how I, and Shamrock are perceived, is very important to me.Ā …
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